Case Name: W. C. HERRELL, Jr., Appellant, v. ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-03-23
Citations: 411 So. 2d 306
Docket Number: No. 81-156
Parties: W. C. HERRELL, Jr., Appellant, v. ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 411
Pages: 306–306

Head Matter:
W. C. HERRELL, Jr., Appellant, v. ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION, Appellee.
No. 81-156.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 23, 1982.
Dixon, Dixon, Hurst, Nicklaus & Webb, Daniels & Hicks and Patrice A. Talisman, Miami, for appellant.
Greene & Cooper and Marc Cooper, Cor-lett, Merritt, Killian & Sikes and David F. McIntosh, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The sua sponte dismissal of the cause without prejudice because both parties failed timely to file a pre-trial catalogue was an abuse of discretion and is reversed. Maqueira v. Almas, 409 So.2d 199 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); see also, Techno Industrial Corp. v. Cooper Industries, Inc., 410 So.2d 584 (Fla. 3d DCA Case no. 81-278, opinion filed, February 23, 1982).