FIGGIE INTERN., INC. v. ALDERMAN

No. 96-895.

698 So.2d 563 (1997)

FIGGIE INTERNATIONAL, INC., d/b/a Safway Steel Products, Inc., Appellant, v. Dennis Troy ALDERMAN, et al. Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinshaw & Culbertson; Russo & Talisman and Elizabeth K. Russo and Patrice A. Talisman, Coconut Grove, for appellant.

Barbara Green, Coral Gables; David Mishael, Miami; Roy D. Wasson, Miami; Kutner, Rubinoff, Bush & Lerner and Susan S. Lerner and Arno Kutner, Miami; Lawrence Rodgers, Miami; and Stephen Epstein, Garden City, NY, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant below, Figgie International Inc., d/b/a Safway Steel Products, Inc., appeals under Fla.R.App.P. 9.130(a)(3)(C)(iv) from an order striking its pleadings and entering a default against it as a result of willful discovery violations. Because the trial court's order documents with specificity the egregious discovery violations committed by the defendant and because, under the circumstances, the trial court imposed a proper sanction, we affirm...

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