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CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES v. BONAVIA

No. 3D00-3441.

773 So.2d 1212 (2000)

CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES, Petitioner, v. Antonio BONAVIA, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 8, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mase & Gassenheimer, and Rachel S. Cohen, and James D. Gassenheimer, Miami, for petitioner.

Barbara Green, and Brett Rivkind, Miami, for respondent.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and SORONDO, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The emergency petition for writ of common law certiorari alleges that counsel for the petitioner has had a family emergency. His mother-in-law is seriously ill in intensive care. The trial court denied his requested continuance. We conclude that this ruling constitutes an abuse of discretion.1 Therefore, we grant the petition and quash the order denying the emergency motion for continuance. See SSJ Mercy Health Sys. v. Posey...

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