Case Name: George ROBINSON, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jean Robinson, Deceased, Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Morris Beck, Eugene Willard, Joyce Simmons, Charles Kreiker, Eutychus Rolle and Industrial Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-08-03
Citations: 417 So. 2d 778
Docket Number: No. 81-2183
Parties: George ROBINSON, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jean Robinson, Deceased, Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Morris Beck, Eugene Willard, Joyce Simmons, Charles Kreiker, Eutychus Rolle and Industrial Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, Appellees.
Judges: Before HUBBART, C. J., and SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 417
Pages: 778–778

Head Matter:
George ROBINSON, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jean Robinson, Deceased, Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Morris Beck, Eugene Willard, Joyce Simmons, Charles Kreiker, Eutychus Rolle and Industrial Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, Appellees.
No. 81-2183.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 3, 1982.
Alan Goldfarb, Miami, for appellant.
Adams, Ward, Hunter, Angones & Adams and Steven Hunter, Miami, for appellees.
Before HUBBART, C. J., and SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court dismissed the complaint when the plaintiff failed to appear for the taking of his second deposition. We find that dismissal was entirely too drastic a remedy to impose upon the plaintiff where the plaintiff allegedly had difficulty getting to the United States from Jamaica, the deposition was set after the cut-off date for completing discovery, and it was only eleven days prior to trial. See Santuoso v. McGrath & Associates, 385 So.2d 112 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); Zayres Department Stores v. Fingerhut, 383 So.2d 262 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).
Reversed and remanded.