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RABEN-PASTAL, a Joint Venture comprised of Raben Builders, Inc., and Pastal Construction Company, Florida corporations, Appellant, v. CITY OF COCONUT CREEK, Florida, a municipal corporation, Theodore Thomas, Donald L. Savarese, Anthony Veltri, Louis Schneider, Donald Johnson, James Cowley, Arthur Bromley, Continental Casualty Company, a foreign corporation, Post Tensioned Structures, Inc., a Florida corporation, Post Tensioned Placing & Service Corp., a Florida corporation, Donald E. Bryan Architects, Inc., a Florida corporation, D.E. Britt & Associates, Inc., a Florida corporation, Travelers Insurance Company, a foreign corporation, Midland Insurance Company, a foreign corporation, and International Surplus Lines Insurance Company, a foreign corporation, Appellees.
    No. 85-834.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    June 11, 1986.
    Rehearing and Rehearing En banc Denied July 24, 1986.
    Byron G. Peterson and J. Phillip Carver of Greenberg, Traurig, Askew, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., Miami, for appellant.
    Larry Klein of Klein & Beranek, P.A., West Palm Beach, Stuart & Walker, P.A., and Wagner & Kollra, P.A., Fort Lauder-dale, for appellees Theodore Thomas, Donald L. Savarese, Anthony Veltri, Louis Schneider and Donald Johnson.
   PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

ANSTEAD and DELL, JJ., concur.

WALDEN, J., dissents with opinion.

WALDEN, Judge,

dissenting:

In my opinion the trial court abused its discretion in refusing leave to plaintiff to amend its complaint again so as to state a cause of action against the councilmen of the City of Coconut Creek. Adams v. Knabb Turpentine Co., Inc., 435 So.2d 944 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983); Penn Cork and Closures, Inc. v. Piggyback Shippers Assoc. of Florida, Inc., 281 So.2d 46 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973). I suggest this because there was no showing that the allowance of such amendment would cause prejudice to the defendants and because plaintiffs newly-retained counsel, obviously acting in good faith, should have at least an opportunity (this would be basically the third attempt made by plaintiff) to plead a cause of action that would survive a motion to dismiss. Wack-enhut Protective Systems v. Key Biscayne Commodore Club Condominium I, Inc., 350 So.2d 1150 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). See also Alvarez v. DeAguirre, 395 So.2d 213 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981); Penn Cork and Closures, Inc., supra.

I would reverse and remand.