Case Name: Gilles BERNAAD and Michel Bernaad, Appellants, v. Katherine HINTZ, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-09-07
Citations: 530 So. 2d 1055
Docket Number: No. 88-0623
Parties: Gilles BERNAAD and Michel Bernaad, Appellants, v. Katherine HINTZ, Appellee.
Judges: WALDEN, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 530
Pages: 1055–1057

Head Matter:
Gilles BERNAAD and Michel Bernaad, Appellants, v. Katherine HINTZ, Appellee.
No. 88-0623.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 7, 1988.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied Oct. 4, 1988.
Esther E. Galicia of George, Hartz & Ludeen, Miami, for appellants.
Joseph P. Klapholz of Illovitch & Manel-la, P.A., Hollywood, for appellee.

Opinion:
GUNTHER, Judge.
We reverse the order striking appellants' pleadings and the default subsequently entered against them. The trial court abused its discretion in imposing such sanctions without holding a noticed hearing. The court also failed to make the requisite finding that the appellants' conduct demonstrated a deliberate and contumacious disregard of the court's authority or evidenced a willful failure to submit to discovery. Mercer v. Raine, 443 So.2d 944 (Fla.1983); Donner v. Smith, 517 So.2d 709 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987); Championship Wrestling From Florida, Inc. v. DeBlasio, 508 So.2d 1274 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. denied, 518 So.2d 1274 (Fla.1987); Trupei v. City of Lighthouse Point, 506 So.2d 19 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987); Stoner v. Verkaden, 493 So.2d 1126 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986).
WALDEN, J., concurs.
STONE, J., dissents with opinion.