Lahav Flooring Fixtures v. Flecher

Full title: LAHAV FLOORING AND FIXTURES, INC., APPELLANT, v. DENNIS FLECHER, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Dec 18, 1990

571 So. 2d 551 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 90-1724.

December 18, 1990.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Harvey Goldstein, J.

Douglas D. Stratton, Miami Beach, for appellant.

Burt E. Eisenberg, Hollywood, for appellee.

Before FERGUSON, COPE and LEVY, JJ.

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.