Case Name: AFFORDABLE CONTRACTING, INC., and James D. Ford, individually, Appellants, v. Joseph SANTARSIERE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-05-21
Citations: 693 So. 2d 1123
Docket Number: No. 97-600
Parties: AFFORDABLE CONTRACTING, INC., and James D. Ford, individually, Appellants, v. Joseph SANTARSIERE, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 693
Pages: 1123–1124

Head Matter:
AFFORDABLE CONTRACTING, INC., and James D. Ford, individually, Appellants, v. Joseph SANTARSIERE, Appellee.
No. 97-600.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 21, 1997.
De La Cruz & Cutler and Jeffrey Cutler, Coral Gables, and Albert D. Viener, for appellants.
Andrew C. Barnard, Miami, for appellee.
Before COPE, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affordable Contracting, Inc., and James Ford, [collectively "defendants"] appeal an order denying their motion to vacate the special master's report and the order approving the report. We reverse.
The trial court granted defense counsel's motion to withdraw and allotted defendants twenty days to obtain new counsel. During that time frame when defendants were unrepresented, the special master conducted a hearing and issued a report on a pending motion concerning defendants' alleged discovery violations, and the trial court entered an order approving the report. Pursuant to Dunker v. Calkins, 691 So.2d 1090 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996), and cited cases, the special master and the trial court should have deferred action on the pending matter during the twenty-day interval. Accordingly, the order denying defendants' motion to vacate must be reversed.
Reversed and remanded.