Less than a week after a judge dismissed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Adam Montgomery, the civil case brought by Harmony Montgomery’s mother is headed back to court.

Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Michael Klass vacated the order of dismissal Wednesday. Crystal Sorey, the mother of Harmony Montgomery sued Adam Montgomery on July 28, seeking a jury trial for compensatory damages for Harmony’s estate.

Klass had dismissed the lawsuit last Friday, saying Sorey’s attorney Kevin Leonard had not “filed the return of service with the Court or sought to have the deadline for service extended.”

On Tuesday, Leonard filed two motions to get the case back on the docket , saying the judge had erroneously dismissed the lawsuit due to a misunderstanding.

The wrongful-death lawsuit ag

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