SCHLITT v. CURRIER

Nos. 4D98-1466, 4D98-2510.

763 So.2d 491 (2000)

Howard H. SCHLITT, Appellant, v. Richard L. CURRIER, Jr., and Lorraine Carol Schlitt, Successor Trustees and Beneficiaries of the Nancy Schlitt Trust, Thomas D. Currier, Kathie J. Currier, Andrea Lynne Schlitt, and Cynthia Lee Lafebvre, Beneficiaries, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Beranek of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, and Mary Copeland of Copeland & Chambliss, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

John M. Jorgensen and Kevin M. Wagner of Scott, Harris, Bryan, Barra & Jorgensen, Palm Beach Gardens, for appellees.


STONE, J.

We reverse a judgment entered in favor of Richard Currier. The judgment is based on discovery sanctions in which the court entered orders striking Schlitt's complaint and entering a default on Currier's counterclaim.

The record reflects numerous discovery violations and failures to file responsive pleadings. By this court's count, a total of thirteen motions to compel production or responsive pleadings were filed by Currier as a result of Schlitt...

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