Case Name: SPOLTER ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Walter A. KALB, d/b/a Kalb Electric, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1973-04-09
Citations: 275 So. 2d 594
Docket Number: No. 72-873
Parties: SPOLTER ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Walter A. KALB, d/b/a Kalb Electric, Appellee.
Judges: WALDEN, J., concurs specially, and MAGER, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 275
Pages: 594–595

Head Matter:
SPOLTER ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Walter A. KALB, d/b/a Kalb Electric, Appellee.
No. 72-873.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 9, 1973.
Albert L. Weintraub, Miami, for appellant.
Norman S. Klein of Schwartz & Klein, North Miami Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
OWEN, Judge.
Appellant seeks review of a final judgment dismissing its complaint with prejudice, the trial court having concluded that the dismissal of a prior suit between the same parties on the same cause of action under Rule 1.420(e), RCP, 30 F.S.A. was an adjudication upon the merits which barred the instant suit.
This was error. A dismissal of an action for failure to prosecute pursuant to the provisions of Rule 1.420(e), RCP does not amount to an adjudication on the merits so as to effectively bar a subsequent suit between the same parties on the same cause of action. May v. State ex rel. Ervin, Fla. 1957, 96 So.2d 126; Zukor v. Hill, Fla.1956, 84 So.2d 554; Hassenteufel v. Howard Johnson, Inc. of Florida, Fla.1951, 52 So.2d 810; Sacks v. Rickies, Fla.App.1963, 155 So.2d 400; Shew v. Kirby, Fla.App.1961, 135 So.2d 770; Yinger v. Kasow, Fla.App.1960, 123 So.2d 758. The judgment or order of dismissal is reversed and this cause remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.
Reversed and remanded.
WALDEN, J., concurs specially, and MAGER, J., concurs.