Case Name: Julian GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. RYDER SYSTEMS, INC., etc., and Coral Grove Apartments, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-02-24
Citations: 327 So. 2d 826
Docket Number: No. 75-517
Parties: Julian GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. RYDER SYSTEMS, INC., etc., and Coral Grove Apartments, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Appellees.
Judges: Before PEARSON and NATHAN, JJ„ and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 327
Pages: 826–826

Head Matter:
Julian GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. RYDER SYSTEMS, INC., etc., and Coral Grove Apartments, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Appellees.
No. 75-517.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 24, 1976.
Levenstein, Burke & Associates, Miami, for appellant.
Joel R. Teague, Coral Gables, and Horace B. Yandle, Miami, for appellees.
Before PEARSON and NATHAN, JJ„ and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The plaintiff Gonzalez appeals an order dismissing his complaint as to one of the defendants, Coral Grove Apartments, Inc. The order recites as the ground for the dismissal the court's conclusion that plaintiff's failure to deliver process for service upon Coral Grove Apartments, Inc., until fourteen months after filing of the complaint was insufficient as a matter of law, as was the service of process finally procured. Nothing in this record refutes the trial judge's conclusion, the factual basis of which is supported by the record. We, therefore, conclude that the dismissal was proper under the trial court's inherent power to dismiss a cause which is not being prosecuted with reasonable diligence. See Maloy v. Bristow, Fla.App.1962, 138 So.2d 801.
Affirmed.