TRAMEL v. BASS

No. 95-1239.

672 So.2d 78 (1996)

Thomas S. TRAMEL, III, as Sheriff of Columbia County, Appellant, v. Runette J. BASS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Jolly, Jr. of Parker, Skelding, Labasky, Corry, Eastman & Hauser, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Mark A. Avera and Sharon H. Proctor of Avera & Avera, Gainesville, for Appellee.


VAN NORTWICK, Judge.

Thomas S. Tramel, III, as the sheriff of Columbia County, appeals an order which, as a sanction, strikes his answer and affirmative defenses and enters a default judgment against him. The trial court imposed this drastic sanction upon its finding that employees of the sheriff "willfully and intentionally" omitted a crucial portion, damaging to the testimony of a deputy sheriff, of a videotape produced in discovery and introduced as evidence in...

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