LAWSON v. DIEHLMAN

No. 4D00-874.

769 So.2d 488 (2000)

Norman LAWSON and Cora Lawson, Appellants, v. David DIEHLMAN and his wife, Donna Diehlman, Mark Hickman, individually, and Allstate Insurance Company, a Florida company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marla Aronson Seiden of Lawrence J. Bohannon, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, and Diane H. Tutt of Diane H. Tutt, P.A., Plantation, for appellants.

Elizabeth M. Rodriguez of Kubicki Draper, Miami, for Appellee-Mark Hickman.


KLEIN, Judge.

The trial court dismissed plaintiffs' complaint in an accident case because plaintiffs failed to respond to orders compelling discovery and requiring independent medical examinations. Plaintiffs subsequently moved to vacate that order on the ground that their counsel had failed to advise them about the court orders. We reverse the trial court's order denying the motion to vacate.

When plaintiffs filed their lawsuit, they were represented by a...

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