BEKINS VAN LINES v. SCHAEFFER

No. 92-1628.

630 So.2d 633 (1994)

BEKINS VAN LINES, a foreign corporation, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Denita SCHAEFFER, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Klein and Marlene S. Reiss of Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas, P.A., Miami, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Barbara J. Compiani of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., and H. Bryant Sims, Palm Beach, for appellee/cross-appellant.


ANSTEAD, Judge.

The appellee, Denita Schaeffer, sued appellant, Bekins Van Lines, for allegedly losing her personal property in New York in the early 1980s. We reverse and remand for a new trial because of trial court errors in limiting and prematurely terminating Bekins' case, and in erroneously admitting incompetent evidence on the issue of damages.

After much delay in the prosecution of this claim, Bekins moved the trial court to dismiss for lack of prosecution...

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