LANAHAN v. LENTINI

No. 84-531.

457 So.2d 589 (1984)

Raymond LANAHAN, f/u/b/o Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Jude LENTINI and John Balfe, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. March and Daniel A. Sorrentino, Miami, for appellant.

Daniel Mones and Frank M. Marks, Miami, for appellees.

Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The trial court's order dismissing the instant case is reversed upon a holding that a trial court is precluded "from exercising its supposed inherent, discretionary power to dismiss a case for failure to prosecute when, as in this case, there is activity of record within one year prior to the dismissal," American Salvage & Jobbing Co. v. Salomon, 367 So.2d 716, 717 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979); see Rivera v. A.M...

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