Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1990

Lahav Flooring & Fixtures, Inc. v. Flecher

Lahav Flooring & Fixtures, Inc. v. Flecher
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided December 18, 1990 · Cope, Ferguson, Levy
571 So. 2d 551; 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 9738; 1990 WL 205893 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Lahav Flooring & Fixtures, Inc. v. Flecher

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Defendant, Lahav Flooring and Fixtures, Inc., appeals a final judgment entered on a default for counsel’s failure to appear at a calendar call. Entry of a default judgment on liability is too severe a sanction for failure of counsel to appear at a call of the trial calendar. Beasley v. Girten, 61 So.2d 179 (Fla. 1952).

Reversed and remanded for consideration of a lesser sanction.

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