Case Name: Jose M. TOURON, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-03-12
Citations: 690 So. 2d 649
Docket Number: No. 96-1125
Parties: Jose M. TOURON, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, GODERICH and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 690
Pages: 649–649

Head Matter:
Jose M. TOURON, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Appellee.
No. 96-1125.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 12, 1997.
Rehearing Denied April 16, 1997.
Susan I. Noe, North Bay Village, for appellant.
Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade County Attorney, Carol A. Anderson, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.
Before COPE, GODERICH and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We find that the trial court properly granted Metropolitan-Dade County's motion to dismiss for lack of prosecution where no record activity had occurred for a period of one year. Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.420(e); Dion v. Bald, 664 So.2d 348, 349 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995) ("[A] motion to substitute new counsel is not sufficient record activity to prevent dismissal."); Appraisal Group, Inc. v. Visual Communications, Inc., 426 So.2d 1155 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983).
Affirmed.