Case Name: Walter Earl NAGHTIN, Sr., et al., Appellants, v. Gradis JONES, a minor child, By and Through Gina JONES, his natural mother and next friend, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-01-20
Citations: 629 So. 2d 1109
Docket Number: No. 92-1854
Parties: Walter Earl NAGHTIN, Sr., et al., Appellants, v. Gradis JONES, a minor child, By and Through Gina JONES, his natural mother and next friend, Appellee.
Judges: JOANOS, MINER and KAHN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 629
Pages: 1109–1109

Head Matter:
Walter Earl NAGHTIN, Sr., et al., Appellants, v. Gradis JONES, a minor child, By and Through Gina JONES, his natural mother and next friend, Appellee.
No. 92-1854.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Jan. 20, 1994.
Raymond Ehrlich, Susan Turner of Holland & Knight, Jacksonville and Tallahassee and Harris B. Brown and Reginald Luster of Osborne, McNatt, Shaw, O’Hara, Brown & Obringer, Jacksonville, for appellants.
Maria P. Sperando of Gary, Williams, Par-enti, Finney & Lewis, Fort Pierce, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Among the issues raised in this appeal of a negligence action is appellants' contention that the trial court abused its discretion in denying appellants' motion to dismiss a co-defendant, Ephesus Junior Academy, after it had settled or, in the alternative, to disclose the settlement agreement to the jury. Pursuant to the decision of the Florida Supreme Court in Dosdourian v. Carsten, 624 So.2d 241 (Fla.1993), we find that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to dismiss the Academy after it had settled, but that the trial court did abuse its discretion in failing to disclose the settlement agreement to the jury. Id. at 247-8. Accordingly, we must vacate the judgment rendered and remand the ease for a new trial. We find it unnecessary to address any of the other issues raised on appeal.
VACATED and REMANDED for new trial.
JOANOS, MINER and KAHN, JJ., concur.