Case Name: Donald E. WATSON, Petitioner, v. Lauren Frank ANDERSON, Misener Marine Construction Company, and International Insurance Company, Respondents
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-06-26
Citations: 492 So. 2d 1046
Docket Number: No. 67806
Parties: Donald E. WATSON, Petitioner, v. Lauren Frank ANDERSON, Misener Marine Construction Company, and International Insurance Company, Respondents.
Judges: BOYD, C.J., and ADKINS, McDONALD, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 492
Pages: 1046–1047

Head Matter:
Donald E. WATSON, Petitioner, v. Lauren Frank ANDERSON, Misener Marine Construction Company, and International Insurance Company, Respondents.
No. 67806.
Supreme Court of Florida.
June 26, 1986.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 9, 1986.
Edward C. Rood, of Rood and Associates, Tampa, and Lawrence & Daniels, Miami, for petitioner.
Michael S. Rywant, of Mitchel, Alley, Ry-want & Vessel, Tampa, for Lauren Frank Anderson.
H. Vance Smith, of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for Misener Marine Const. Co.
Thomas J. Roehn, of Annis, Mitchell, Cockey, Edwards & Roehn, Tampa, for International Ins. Co.

Opinion:
BARKETT, Justice.
We have for review Anderson v. Watson, 475 So.2d 1315 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985), because it directly and expressly conflicts with Bender v. First Fidelity Savings and Loan Association, 463 So.2d 445 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985), and Shampaine Industries, Inc. v. South Broward Hospital District, 411 So.2d 364 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
In deciding the instant case, the Second District relied on its opinion in Miller v. Fortune Insurance Co., 453 So.2d 489 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), and held that after a party dismisses an action "with prejudice," the trial court no longer has jurisdiction to correct the dismissal by expunging the words "with prejudice," even if the mistak en use of the words resulted from excusable neglect. We have recently quashed the district court decision in Miller v. Fortune Insurance Co., 484 So.2d 1221 (Fla.1986). Accordingly, we quash the decision below and remand this cause for reconsideration in light of our opinion in Miller.
It is so ordered.
BOYD, C.J., and ADKINS, McDONALD, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.