Case Name: CHRISTEL PLAZA CORPORATION, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN SKATING, INC., et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-11-06
Citations: 829 So. 2d 382
Docket Number: No. 3D01-1993
Parties: CHRISTEL PLAZA CORPORATION, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN SKATING, INC., et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before COPE, LEVY, and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 829
Pages: 382–382

Head Matter:
CHRISTEL PLAZA CORPORATION, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN SKATING, INC., et al., Appellees.
No. 3D01-1993.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 6, 2002.
Salas, Ede, Peterson & Lage and Douglas E. Ede, for appellant.
Alan C. Gold; Hessen, Schimmel & De Castro; Allan Jay Atlas, Fort Myers, for appellees.
Before COPE, LEVY, and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a dismissal of an intervention action for failure to timely file an amended complaint. Finding the dismissal too severe a sanction under the circumstances herein, which involved the actions of the intervener's counsel and not his client, we reverse for reinstatement. See e.g. Town of Manalapan v. Florida Power & Light Co., 815 So.2d 670 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002); Rosenberg v. Miller, 453 So.2d 885 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984). Upon remand, the trial court may consider imposing a more appropriate sanction upon the attorney.
Reversed and remanded with directions to reinstate the action.