Case Name: KREISER CONSTRUCTION, INC., and Michael Schneider, Appellants, v. Harry M. TRAFFORD, Jr., and Edith J. Trafford, his wife, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-06-11
Citations: 699 So. 2d 251
Docket Number: No. 96-2293
Parties: KREISER CONSTRUCTION, INC., and Michael Schneider, Appellants, v. Harry M. TRAFFORD, Jr., and Edith J. Trafford, his wife, Appellees.
Judges: Before JORGENSON and SORONDO, JJ., and BARKDULL, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 699
Pages: 251–252

Head Matter:
KREISER CONSTRUCTION, INC., and Michael Schneider, Appellants, v. Harry M. TRAFFORD, Jr., and Edith J. Trafford, his wife, Appellees.
No. 96-2293.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 11, 1997.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 8, 1997.
Kohl, Metzger, Spotts, Ponsoldt & Tapper, Stuart, for appellants.
Behar, Gutt & Glazer, Aventura, for appel-lees.
Before JORGENSON and SORONDO, JJ., and BARKDULL, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We find no error in the trial court striking pleadings for failure of a party to secure new counsel after original counsel withdrew. Commonwealth Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Tubero, 569 So.2d 1271 (Fla.1990).
We do find error (which was conceded by the appellee) in the trial court, non-jury, fixing the amount of damages after a default was entered and a jury trial had been demanded. See Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.430; Curbelo v. Ullman, 571 So.2d 443 (Fla.1990); Ulrich v. Berton, 661 So.2d 376 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995). Therefore, the final judgment is reversed and the matter is returned to the trial court for a jury trial on the amount of damages with proper notice accorded to all parties.
Reversed and remanded with directions.