LIVINGSTON v. STATE, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. BE-291.

481 So.2d 2 (1985)

Arthur LIVINGSTON, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Roberto Miquel, M.D., and Dr. Phoung Vinh, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron A. Green, Gainesville, for appellant.

Thomas L. Neilson, Tallahassee, for appellees.


MILLS, Judge.

Livingston appeals from the dismissal with prejudice of his negligence action, which was imposed as a sanction for his counsel's failure to comply with the terms of the trial court's pretrial order. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

In December 1980, Livingston sued the Department of Corrections and two of its physicians for the alleged negligent treatment of an injury to his right hand. The order for pretrial conference was issued...

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