Case ID: so2d_528/html/0132-01.html
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TOLE ELECTRIC OF FLORIDA, INC., Appellant, v. Mel HARRIS and Francine Harris, Lakeside Villa at Bonaventure, Inc., Appellee.
    No. 87-2951.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    July 19, 1988.
    Richard W. Wasserman, Miami Beach, for appellant.
    Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, Daniel W. Mones and Mallory H. Horton, Miami, for appellee.
    Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Where there is no record activity within the year which moves the case toward a final disposition, or equivalent non-record activity coupled with an explanation which excuses the failure to meet pleading deadlines, the trial court must dismiss a cause pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(e) for failure to prosecute. Norflor Constr. Corp. v. City of Gainesville, 512 So.2d 266 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987), rev. denied, 520 So.2d 585 (Fla.1988).

Affirmed.