Case Name: TAREK WADJI INVESTMENTS, N.V., Appellant, v. Alfred CIFFO and William B. Stern, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-04-22
Citations: 505 So. 2d 697
Docket Number: No. 4-86-0480
Parties: TAREK WADJI INVESTMENTS, N.V., Appellant, v. Alfred CIFFO and William B. Stern, Appellee.
Judges: ANSTEAD, WALDEN and STONE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 505
Pages: 697–697

Head Matter:
TAREK WADJI INVESTMENTS, N.V., Appellant, v. Alfred CIFFO and William B. Stern, Appellee.
No. 4-86-0480.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 22, 1987.
Robert M. Bovarnick and Raymond A. Reiser of Rice & Reiser, P.A., Miami, for appellant-Tarek Wadji Investments, N.V.
Maurice Graham of Maurice Graham, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee-Alfred Ciffo.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Under the facts and uncontroverted mitigating circumstances of this case which reflect that there was no wilful disregard of the court's order, it was an abuse of the court's discretion for it to enter final judgment against Tarek Wadji Investments, N.V. because of its failure to timely retain new counsel. We reverse and remand upon authority of Mercer v. Raine, 410 So.2d 931 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981), affirmed, 443 So.2d 944 (Fla.1983); Walraff v. T.G.I. Friday's Inc., 490 So.2d 50 (Fla.1986); and Flanzbaum v. Stans Lounge, 377 So.2d 750 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979).
Reversed and remanded.
ANSTEAD, WALDEN and STONE, JJ., concur.