Jaszay v. H.B. Corp. (598 So. 2d 112, 1992)

PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff appeals from a final summary judgment which dismissed her complaint holding that the statute of limitations barred the action. We reverse. The appellee is estopped from asserting the limitations defense because it stipulated to a sixty-day extension of the pre-suit screening period required under section 766.106, Florida Statutes (1991). To repeat Judge Schwartz’s famous quote, we will not countenance such “gotcha” maneuvers. Salcedo v. Asociacion Cubana, Inc., 368 So.2d 1337 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 378 So.2d 342 (Fla.1979). We also reject the appel-lee’s companion argument that its insurer had no authority to enter into the stipulation.

REVERSED.

LETTS, DELL and FARMER, JJ., concur.