Case Name: Melissa MASIELLO, Appellant, v. Stephen C. WEEKS, Donald L. Fasig, Margaret C. Fasig, David M. Fasig, and Government Employees Insurance Company, a corporation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-02-17
Citations: 613 So. 2d 146
Docket Number: No. 91-04216
Parties: Melissa MASIELLO, Appellant, v. Stephen C. WEEKS, Donald L. Fasig, Margaret C. Fasig, David M. Fasig, and Government Employees Insurance Company, a corporation, Appellees.
Judges: SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and THREADGILL and BLUE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 613
Pages: 146–146

Head Matter:
Melissa MASIELLO, Appellant, v. Stephen C. WEEKS, Donald L. Fasig, Margaret C. Fasig, David M. Fasig, and Government Employees Insurance Company, a corporation, Appellees.
No. 91-04216.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Feb. 17, 1993.
Stuart C. Markman and James E. Felman of Kynes & Markman, P.A., Tampa, for appellant.
Robert L. Donald of Law Office of Robert L. Donald, Fort Myers, and G. Gordon Harrison of Pavese, Garner, Haverfield, Dalton, Harrison & Jensen, Fort Myers, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant, Melissa Masiello, contends that the trial court erred in denying her motion to amend her complaint to include an action on the theory expressed in Eli Witt Cigar & Tobacco Co. v. Matatics, 55 So.2d 549 (Fla.1951). We agree that the trial court abused its discretion. See Osborne v. Delta Maintenance & Welding, Inc., 365 So.2d 425 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978); Fla.R.Civ.Pro. 1.190(a). After granting the appellee's motion to strike portions of the appellant's second amended complaint, the trial court denied the appellant's motion to amend and subsequently granted summary judgment for the appellees. The appellant should have been given the opportunity to attempt to state a cause of action under Eli Witt. See P.C.B. Partnership v. City of Largo, 549 So.2d 738 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). We, accordingly, reverse the summary judgment entered against the appellant and remand for further proceedings.
Reversed and remanded.
SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and THREADGILL and BLUE, JJ., concur.