Case Name: CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES, Petitioner, v. Antonio BONAVIA, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-12-08
Citations: 773 So. 2d 1212
Docket Number: No. 3D00-3441
Parties: CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES, Petitioner, v. Antonio BONAVIA, Respondent.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and SORONDO, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 773
Pages: 1212–1213

Head Matter:
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES, Petitioner, v. Antonio BONAVIA, Respondent.
No. 3D00-3441.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 8, 2000.
Mase & Gassenheimer, and Rachel S. Cohen, and James D. Gassenheimer, Miami, for petitioner.
Barbara Green, and Brett Rivkind, Miami, for respondent.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and SORONDO, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The emergency petition for writ of common law certiorari alleges that counsel for the petitioner has had a family emergency. His mother-in-law is seriously ill in intensive care. The trial court denied his requested continuance. We conclude that this ruling constitutes an abuse of discretion. Therefore, we grant the petition and quash the order denying the emergency motion for continuance. See SSJ Mercy Health Sys. v. Posey, 756 So.2d 177 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).
. In fairness to the trial judge, counsel did not verify the allegations in his motion for continuance in the trial court but has done so here. Additionally, opposing counsel has advised this Court that she has no objection to a thirty day continuance.