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Venus Laboratories, Inc. v. Katz

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Feb 6, 1990
557 So. 2d 110 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 89-1783.

February 6, 1990.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Edward N. Moore, J.

Hertzberg Malinski and Deborah Marks, for appellants.

Richard and Richard and Brian S. Behar, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ.


The defendants' failure twice to satisfactorily answer the plaintiffs' interrogatories did not justify striking their pleadings and entering a default against them. See Summit Chase Condominium Ass'n v. Protean Investors, Inc., 421 So.2d 562 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). Accordingly, the orders under review are reversed without prejudice to consideration of any appropriate lesser sanction.


Summaries of

Venus Laboratories, Inc. v. Katz

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Feb 6, 1990
557 So. 2d 110 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)
Case details for

Venus Laboratories, Inc. v. Katz

Case Details

Full title:VENUS LABORATORIES, INC., ETC., ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. FRED KATZ AND ADELE…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 6, 1990

Citations

557 So. 2d 110 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

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