Case Name: VENOM, INC., Ashawk Land and Cattle Co., Inc., and Byard Edwards, Jr., Petitioners, v. PIPEWELDERS MARINE, INC., a Florida corporation, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-08-01
Citations: 566 So. 2d 12
Docket Number: No. 90-1206
Parties: VENOM, INC., Ashawk Land and Cattle Co., Inc., and Byard Edwards, Jr., Petitioners, v. PIPEWELDERS MARINE, INC., a Florida corporation, Respondent.
Judges: LETTS, GLICKSTEIN and GARRETT, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 566
Pages: 12–12

Head Matter:
VENOM, INC., Ashawk Land and Cattle Co., Inc., and Byard Edwards, Jr., Petitioners, v. PIPEWELDERS MARINE, INC., a Florida corporation, Respondent.
No. 90-1206.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 1, 1990.
Clarification, Rehearing and Certification Denied Sept. 19, 1990.
John R. Sutton, South Miami, and Allison Doliner Hockman, Coral Gables, for petitioners.
Allsworth, Doumar, Cazel, Curtis & Cross, P.A., and Nancy Little Hoffmann of Nancy Little Hoffmann, P.A., Fort Lauder-dale, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Petitioners seek review by certiorari of an order of the trial court denying abatement or stay pending conclusion of an earlier suit in Louisiana involving essentially the same parties and subject matter. We grant- the petition, quash the order, and direct the trial court to stay the proceedings. See Florida Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Celotex Corp., 547 So.2d 660 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989); Lightsey v. Williams, 526 So.2d 764 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988).
CERTIORARI GRANTED.
LETTS, GLICKSTEIN and GARRETT, JJ., concur.