Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1983

Bullock v. Metropolitan Dade County

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 20, 1983 · Baskin, Ferguson, Schwartz

438 So. 2d 151; 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 24314 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Arango v. Alvarez (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)
Trujillo v. Gerdes (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)
Dave's Aluminum Siding, Inc. v. C & M VENTURES (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Dismissal of plaintiff’s action for failure of his attorney to appear for a call of the calendar is too severe a sanction to visit upon a litigant. For derelictions of this nature, a court is empowered to discipline the offending attorney by contempt or other appropriate punishment. See Catogas v. Sapp, 397 So.2d 1182 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981); Aller v. Editorial Planeta, S.A., 389 So.2d 321 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).

Reversed.

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