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Harold P. KOENIG, Appellant, v. DELOTTE HASKINS & SELLS, Appellee.
    No. 84-2499.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    July 16, 1985.
    Rehearing Denied Sept. 10, 1985.
    Howard, Brawner, Lovett & dePozsgay and Linton Lovett, Miami, for appellant.
    Blackwell, Walker, Gray, Powers, Flick & Hoehl and James E. Tribble and Todd A. Cowart, Miami, for appellee.
    Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and JOR-GENSON, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

We hold that a settlement with one plaintiff is record activity calculated to hasten a cause to resolution, and therefore it was error for the trial court to dismiss the cause as to a remaining plaintiff because of alleged nonactivity pursuant to Rule 1.420, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. See and Compare Eastern Elevator, Inc., v. Page, 263 So.2d 218 (Fla.1972); Nektaredes v. Sagonias, 432 So.2d 769 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983); Marschall v. Water-Boggan International, Inc., 401 So.2d 1157 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981); DeVaney v. Rumsch, 247 So.2d 69 (Fla. 1st DCA 1971).

The order under review dismissing the cause is reversed for further proceedings.

Reversed and remanded.