Case Name: CDR MARKETING, INC., a Florida corporation and Brittany PGA, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellants, v. L. Frank CHOPIN and Susan G. Chopin, his wife, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-02-06
Citations: 573 So. 2d 450
Docket Number: No. 89-2873
Parties: CDR MARKETING, INC., a Florida corporation and Brittany PGA, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellants, v. L. Frank CHOPIN and Susan G. Chopin, his wife, Appellees.
Judges: GUNTHER and GARRETT, JJ., and WALDEN, JAMES H., (Retired) Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 573
Pages: 450–451

Head Matter:
CDR MARKETING, INC., a Florida corporation and Brittany PGA, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellants, v. L. Frank CHOPIN and Susan G. Chopin, his wife, Appellees.
No. 89-2873.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 6, 1991.
H. Bryant Sims, West Palm Beach, for appellants.
William E. Corley, III of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Palm Beach, for appel-lees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse on the authority of Commonwealth Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Tubero, 569 So.2d 1271 (Fla.1990). Because the trial court's written order failed to contain an express finding that the defendant's repeated failure to comply with discovery orders was willful, we remand for reconsideration of this issue. As the Florida Supreme Court said in Tubero, by insisting upon a finding of willfulness or its equivalent, there will be the added assurance that the trial judge has made a conscious determination that the noncompliance was more than mere neglect and inadvertence.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
GUNTHER and GARRETT, JJ., and WALDEN, JAMES H., (Retired) Associate Judge, concur.