Case Name: AGENCIAS MARITIMAS NICARAGUENSES, S.A., a foreign corporation, d/b/a Armanic Lines and/or Mamenic Lines, Appellant, v. Rafael USATORRES, and Lidia Usatores, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-04-26
Citations: 435 So. 2d 247
Docket Number: No. 82-1421
Parties: AGENCIAS MARITIMAS NICARAGUENSES, S.A., a foreign corporation, d/b/a Armanic Lines and/or Mamenic Lines, Appellant, v. Rafael USATORRES, and Lidia Usatores, Appellees.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 435
Pages: 247–247

Head Matter:
AGENCIAS MARITIMAS NICARAGUENSES, S.A., a foreign corporation, d/b/a Armanic Lines and/or Mamenic Lines, Appellant, v. Rafael USATORRES, and Lidia Usatores, Appellees.
No. 82-1421.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 26, 1983.
Rehearing Granted and Original Opinion Adhered to July 20, 1983.
Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Strickroot and Allan R. Kelley, Miami, for appellant.
Jon W. Burke & Linda Dakis, Miami, for appellees.
Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Where there was some evidence that appellant was the owner of the vessel which, due to its negligent operation, caused appel-lee's injuries, and appellant, defending on the grounds that it was only an agent for the principal, willfully refused to comply with the court's order to produce documents disclosing the identity of the owner, it was proper to strike the defense and enter judgment for appellee. See Watson v. Peskoe, 407 So.2d 954 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).
Affirmed.