Case Name: Thomas J. O'CONNELL, Appellant, v. Eleanor Z. RABIN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-05-05
Citations: 596 So. 2d 1299
Docket Number: No. 91-505
Parties: Thomas J. O’CONNELL, Appellant, v. Eleanor Z. RABIN, Appellee.
Judges: Before FERGUSON, GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 596
Pages: 1299–1300

Head Matter:
Thomas J. O’CONNELL, Appellant, v. Eleanor Z. RABIN, Appellee.
No. 91-505.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 5, 1992.
Rhonda A. Anderson, Miami, for appellant.
Joseph C. Segor, Miami, for appellee.
Before FERGUSON, GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Thomas J. O'Connell, the president and major stockholder of a corporation, appeals the denial of a motion to intervene in litigation involving the corporation. We reverse.
Where a party, as here, has demonstrated sufficient equities or other special reasons to justify their participation in the proceedings, intervention should be permitted. Cole v. Glynn, 397 So.2d 996 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981); see also Wags Transportation System v. City of Miami Beach, 88 So.2d 751 (Fla.1956).
The facts of this case, at this posture, dictate that the trial court abused its discretion in denying appellant's intervention. Concomitantly, we find that equity and the ends of justice require that appellant be permitted to intervene. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.
Reversed and remanded.
GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ., concur.