LATIMORE v. MATTHEWS

No. 76-1269.

340 So.2d 1261 (1976)

Gregory LATIMORE, a Minor Child, by and through His Mother and Next Friend, Pearline Latimore, and Pearline Latimore, Individually, Appellants, v. Clifford MATTHEWS, Individually and in His Official Capacity As Principal of Lillie C. Evans Elementary School, and Edward Whigham, Individually and in His Capacity As Superintendent of the Dade County School System, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen T. Maher, Miami, for appellants.

Leland E. Stansell, Jr., and Robert A. Glassman, Frank A. Howard, Jr., Miami, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and PEARSON and NATHAN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

By this appeal, plaintiffs question the correctness of a trial court's dismissing their cause for failure to prosecute.

The record on appeal reveals the following: A complaint was filed in November of 1973. Discovery was taken and, in March of 1975, interrogatories were propounded to the defendant. These were answered on May 9, 1975. Original counsel of record for the plaintiffs died in August of 1975...

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