EPPS v. EPPS

Full title: JAMES EPPS, APPELLANT, v. NANCY EPPS, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Dec 8, 1983

440 So. 2d 1314 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

Opinion

No. 83-1264.

October 25, 1983. Rehearing Denied December 8, 1983.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Joseph J. Gersten, J.

Albert D. Diamond, Miami, for appellant.

Burt E. Redlus, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

BASKIN, Judge.

Although a trial court may expedite proceedings and encourage out-of-court settlements, it may not compel a litigant to settle. Rosenfield v. Vosper, 45 Cal.App.2d 365, 114 P.2d 29 (1941); A C Adjusters, Inc. v. Bragg, 205 A.2d 602 (D.C. 1964).

Reversed and remanded.