Case Name: Joe GERSTEN, Appellant, v. The CANVASSING BOARD OF DADE COUNTY, Florida, Bruce Kaplan, and Conchy Bretos, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-01-11
Citations: 775 So. 2d 306
Docket Number: No. 94-0335
Parties: Joe GERSTEN, Appellant, v. The CANVASSING BOARD OF DADE COUNTY, Florida, Bruce Kaplan, and Conchy Bretos, Appellees.
Judges: POLEN, MARK E., FARMER, GARY M. and PARIENTE, BARBARA J., Associate Judges, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 775
Pages: 306–306

Head Matter:
Joe GERSTEN, Appellant, v. The CANVASSING BOARD OF DADE COUNTY, Florida, Bruce Kaplan, and Conchy Bretos, Appellees.
No. 94-0335.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 11, 1995.
Maria Calzón and Gonzalo Alberto Gayo-so of Calzón, Gayoso & Gersten, P.A., Coral Gables, for appellant.
Robert A. Ginsburg, County Atty., and William X. Candela, Asst. County Atty., Miami for appellee The Canvassing Bd. of Dade County.
Jeffrey A. Blaker of Fuller, Mallah & Associates, P.A., Miami Beach, for appellee Bruce Kaplan.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Joe Gersten appeals the dismissal with prejudice of his civil action, which challenges the outcome of an election for a Dade County Commission seat won by appellee Bruce Kaplan. The dismissal was imposed as a sanction for appellant's failure to answer interrogatories, even after a 45-day period of extension sought by appellant, a subsequent order requiring the answers to be filed "forthwith," and a motion to impose sanctions for failure to comply. The trial court found appellant's failure to answer the interrogatories to be willful. We affirm on authority of Commonwealth Federal Savings and Loan v. Tubero, 569 So.2d 1271 (Fla.1990), and Mercer v. Raine, 443 So.2d 944 (Fla.1983).
POLEN, MARK E., FARMER, GARY M. and PARIENTE, BARBARA J., Associate Judges, concur.