Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2011

Urbanek v. Hopkins

Urbanek v. Hopkins
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 27, 2011 · Hazouri, Polen, Stevenson
65 So. 3d 645; 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 11769; 2011 WL 3111849 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Urbanek v. Hopkins

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

August Urbanek seeks review of an order appointing a special master to oversee disputed discovery. We grant the petition. Pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.490(c) the trial court may not refer a matter to a magistrate, either general or special, without the consent of all of the parties. Washington Park Props., LLC v. Estrada, 996 So.2d 892 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008); Gielchinsky v. Vibo Corp., 5 So.3d 785 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009). We grant the petition and direct the trial court to vacate its order of referral to the special master.

Petition granted, order quashed.

POLEN, STEVENSON and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.

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