CHARYULU v. MERCY HOSPITAL INC.

No. 96-3338.

703 So.2d 1155 (1997)

Komandu CHARYULU, M.D., and Mario Vuksanovic, M.D., Appellants, v. MERCY HOSPITAL, INC., Luis Villa, M.D., and Interamerican Institute of Hematology & Oncology, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyons and Farrar and Marsha L. Lyons, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Womack, Appleby & Brennan and Frank Silva, for appellee Mercy Hospital, Inc.

Steel Hector & Davis and Alice G. Hector and Anne Marie Estevez and Sarah B. Clasby, for appellees Luis Villa, M.D. and Interamerican Institute of Hematology & Oncology.

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


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs filed a Notice to Convene a Case Management Conference less than one year after the occurrence of the last record activity in the case. In view of the fact that we find that the holding of such a conference is designed to move the case forward, it was error for the trial court to dismiss the case for lack of prosecution under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(e). Accordingly, the order of dismissal is reversed and this cause is remanded...

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