LUKOWSKY v. HAUSER & METSCH, P.A.

No. 88-1985.

541 So.2d 1368 (1989)

Rebecca LUKOWSKY, Appellant, v. HAUSER & METSCH, P.A., and Lawrence R. Metsch, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Cohen, Hollywood, and Mark Berkowitz, North Miami Beach, for appellant.

Rumberger, Kirk, Caldwell, Cabaniss, Burke & Wechsler and F. Laurens Brock, Wendy F. Lumish, and Lynn A. Epstein, Miami, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Rebecca Lukowsky appeals the dismissal of her legal malpractice action for failure to appear at a pretrial status conference. The record before us does not support a finding that Lukowsky exhibited a deliberate and contumacious disregard of the trial court's authority which would warrant the drastic sanction of dismissal. Mercer v. Raine, 443 So.2d 944 (Fla. 1983). We reverse and remand to the trial court for...

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