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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Frederick M. NERLINGER, Appellant, v. William H. RILEY and WHR Investigations, Inc., Appellees.
    No. 3D13-1099.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    April 2, 2014.
    Rehearing Denied May 23, 2014.
    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”).