Case Name: August URBANEK, Petitioner, v. Philip HOPKINS, individually and as Trustee, Gerald Urbanek and Commercial Management Corp., Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2011-07-27
Citations: 65 So. 3d 645
Docket Number: No. 4D11-1574
Parties: August URBANEK, Petitioner, v. Philip HOPKINS, individually and as Trustee, Gerald Urbanek and Commercial Management Corp., Respondents.
Judges: POLEN, STEVENSON and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 65
Pages: 645–645

Head Matter:
August URBANEK, Petitioner, v. Philip HOPKINS, individually and as Trustee, Gerald Urbanek and Commercial Management Corp., Respondents.
No. 4D11-1574.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 27, 2011.
David Howard Goldberg of David Howard Goldberg, P.L., Miami, and Michael J. Weber of Michael J. Weber, P.A., Miami, for petitioner.
Gary L. Rudolf of Rudolf & Hoffman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for respondent Philip Hopkins; Jesse H. Diner of Atkinson Diner, Fort Lauderdale, for respondents Gerald Urbanek and Commercial Management Corp.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
August Urbanek seeks review of an order appointing a special master to oversee disputed discovery. We grant the petition. Pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.490(c) the trial court may not refer a matter to a magistrate, either general or special, without the consent of all of the parties. Washington Park Props., LLC v. Estrada, 996 So.2d 892 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008); Gielchinsky v. Vibo Corp., 5 So.3d 785 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009). We grant the petition and direct the trial court to vacate its order of referral to the special master.
Petition granted, order quashed.
POLEN, STEVENSON and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.