Opinion
No. 3D13-1099 Lower Tribunal No. 05-17786
04-02-2014
Frederick M. Nerlinger, Appellant, v. William H. Riley and WHR Investigations, Inc., Appellees.
Frederick M. Nerlinger, in proper person. Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP, and Michael Diaz, Jr., Chad S. Purdie, and Paola Sanchez Torres, for appellees.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Peter R. Lopez, Judge.
Frederick M. Nerlinger, in proper person.
Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP, and Michael Diaz, Jr., Chad S. Purdie, and Paola Sanchez Torres, for appellees. Before WELLS, SUAREZ, and LOGUE, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Watson v. Peskoe, 407 So. 2d 954, 956 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981) (citation omitted) ("Whether to impose the sanction of dismissal is within the sound discretion of the trial court[,]" and will be justified where there is a "deliberate and contumacious disregard of the court's authority").