Case Name: Ruby GARLAND, Appellant, v. DIXIE INSURANCE CO., a foreign corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-09-17
Citations: 495 So. 2d 785
Docket Number: No. 4-86-0802
Parties: Ruby GARLAND, Appellant, v. DIXIE INSURANCE CO., a foreign corporation, Appellee.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN and DELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 495
Pages: 785–785

Head Matter:
Ruby GARLAND, Appellant, v. DIXIE INSURANCE CO., a foreign corporation, Appellee.
No. 4-86-0802.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 17, 1986.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 31, 1986.
Steven D. Miller of Mark Marks, P.A., North Miami, for appellant.
Steven R. Berger of Steven R. Berger, P.A., Miami, and Pomeroy, Pomeroy & Pomeroy, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the order dismissing plaintiff's complaint without prejudice, for failure of her counsel to appear at a scheduled pretrial conference, upon the authority of Beasley v. Girten, 61 So.2d 179 (Fla.1952) and Crystal Lake Golf Course v. Kalin, 252 So.2d 379 (Fla. 4th DCA 1971).
Dismissal of the complaint was too severe a sanction in this matter because the record does not show willful or intentional disregard of the trial court's order. However, this reversal is without prejudice to the entry of a lesser sanction against plaintiff or her counsel.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
GLICKSTEIN and DELL, JJ., concur.
LETTS, J., dissents without opinion.