BELCHER v. FERRARA

No. 86-1638.

511 So.2d 1089 (1987)

Gary BELCHER, Appellant, v. Eileen and Charles FERRARA, Individually and As Parents and Next Friends of Marc Ferrara, a Minor, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe N. Unger, Kimbrell & Hamann, Miami, for appellant.

Goldstein Professional Ass'n, Daniels & Hicks and Patrice A. Talisman, Miami, for appellees.

Before BASKIN, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

Marc Ferrara suffered injuries to his hand when a "bang stick" manufactured by Belcher, designed to repel sharks, allegedly malfunctioned. Gary Belcher brings this appeal from an order denying his motion for relief from a $3,000,000 judgment entered on a jury verdict in his absence.

Approximately a month before trial Belcher's attorney (the latest in a series) withdrew from the case. Belcher contended that he had no knowledge of the attorney...

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