Case Name: Eileen DIAZ, Appellant, v. HOME DEPOT USA, INC., etc., et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2014-04-16
Citations: 137 So. 3d 1195
Docket Number: No. 3D13-1024
Parties: Eileen DIAZ, Appellant, v. HOME DEPOT USA, INC., etc., et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before WELLS, EMAS and SCALES, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 137
Pages: 1195–1195

Head Matter:
Eileen DIAZ, Appellant, v. HOME DEPOT USA, INC., etc., et al., Appellees.
No. 3D13-1024.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 16, 2014.
Wasson & Associates, Chartered, and Erin E. Pogue; Anidjar & Levine, P.A. (Ft. Lauderdale), for appellant.
Hightower, Stratton, Wilhelm, Novigrod & Kantor, and Nicholas D. Mermiges; Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., and Scott Cole and Kathryn L. Smith, for appellees.
Before WELLS, EMAS and SCALES, JJ.

Opinion:
SCALES, J.
Appellant, Eileen Diaz, appeals from an order dismissing her case with prejudice on the basis of fraud on the court.
For procedural reasons, we remand for an evidentiary hearing. See Medina v. Fla. E. Coast Ry., L.L.C., 866 So.2d 89, 90 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004) (stating dismissal as a sanction should be employed only after a plaintiff has been given fair notice and an opportunity to be heard and reversing where the trial court did not grant the plaintiffs request for an evidentiary hearing); Sklandis v. Walgreen Co., 832 So.2d 942, 942 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002) ("The plaintiff is entitled to fair notice and an opportunity to be heard, prior to any order being entered which would dismiss the case on the basis of fraud and perjury."). We express no opinion on the merits of the motion or any sanction which ultimately may be imposed.
Reversed and remanded.