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Jorge FERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. DOLLAR SYSTEMS, INC., and Dollar Rent a Car Systems, Inc., Appellees.
    No. 92-1094.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    April 20, 1993.
    Rehearing Denied June 1, 1993.
    Beckham & Beckham and Pamela Beck-ham, North Miami Beach, Carlos Lidsky, Hialeah, for appellant.
    Stagg, Hardy, Ferguson, Murnaghan & Mathews and Margaret D. Mathews, Tampa, for appellees.
    Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and COPE, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

We find no abuse of discretion in the order under review and affirm it insofar as it dismisses the action of Jorge Fernandez against Dollar Rent A Car Systems, Inc., and Dollar Systems, Inc. We strike that part of the order which dismisses the action against Sundance Carriage Corp. Sun-dance was voluntarily dismissed by plaintiff Fernandez prior to entry of the final order in this case. As modified, the order is affirmed.

NESBITT and COPE, JJ., concur.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge

(dissenting).

Because I believe that the sanction of dismissal far exceeded the offense of not paying $315.00 in attorney’s fees, I would reverse the judgment below. See Mome- nah v. Ammache, 616 So.2d 121 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993); Smalley v. Layne, 428 So.2d 298 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado, Act II.