DONNER v. HETHERINGTON

No. 79-303.

376 So.2d 404 (1979)

Miriam DONNER, Appellant, v. Vernon HETHERINGTON et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Morburger, Miami, for appellant.

Miriam Donner, in pro. per.

Stuart L. Simon, County Atty., and John E. Finney, Asst. County Atty., Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Knight, Miami, for appellees.

Before PEARSON and SCHWARTZ, JJ., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

In the middle of a jury trial,1 the court dismissed the plaintiff's case with prejudice on the apparent ground that she had been guilty of disruptive behavior during the proceedings. We appreciate the real problems encountered below by the trial judge in his attempts to deal with a difficult litigant who also sought to represent herself pro se. There is simply nothing in the record, however, which demonstrates that the...

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