Case Name: Anthony CINQUEGRANA, III, Appellant, v. Jerrold ROWLEY, Carol Ann Collier, and James Collier, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2009-06-24
Citations: 10 So. 3d 1205
Docket Number: No. 4D08-2839
Parties: Anthony CINQUEGRANA, III, Appellant, v. Jerrold ROWLEY, Carol Ann Collier, and James Collier, Appellees.
Judges: WARNER and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 10
Pages: 1205–1206

Head Matter:
Anthony CINQUEGRANA, III, Appellant, v. Jerrold ROWLEY, Carol Ann Collier, and James Collier, Appellees.
No. 4D08-2839.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
June 24, 2009.
Bill McCabe, Longwood, and Jonathan I. Rotstein, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Elizabeth K. Russo of Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., Miami, for appellees.

Opinion:
GROSS, C.J.
We reverse the circuit court's order dismissing appellant's complaint due to the litigation misconduct of attorney Jonathan Rotstein. In part, the dismissal was based on grounds not raised in appellee Colliers' motion to dismiss. In his motion, appellee Rowley asked not for dismissal of the complaint, but for the imposition of lesser sanctions. Also, counsel for Rowley had deposed appellant prior to the hearing on the motion to dismiss, so one discovery issue had been resolved pri- or to dismissal. On remand, the circuit court may consider the imposition of sanctions against attorney Rotstein. In any future hearing seeking dismissal for counsel's discovery violations, the circuit court should make express findings concerning the factors identified in Kozel v. Ostendorf 629 So.2d 817, 818 (Fla.1993). See Ham v. Dunmire, 891 So.2d 492, 500 (Fla.2004).
Reversed and remanded.
WARNER and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.