FADDIS v. CITY OF HOMESTEAD

No. 3D12-3248.

121 So.3d 1134 (2013)

Johanna FADDIS, Appellant, v. The CITY OF HOMESTEAD, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold R. Ginsberg;   Kelsay D. Patterson, Tampa, for appellant.

Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, Edward G. Guedes, Coral Gables; Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans, Abel, Lurvey, Morrow & Schefer and Diane H. Tutt and Hinda Klein and Dale L. Friedman, Morrow & Schefer, P.A., for appellees.

Before ROTHENBERG, EMAS and FERNANDEZ, JJ.


EMAS, J.

Johanna Faddis, the plaintiff below, appeals the trial court's entry of a final judgment in favor of the City of Homestead and other defendants below, following an order striking Faddis's pleadings as a sanction for committing a fraud upon the court. Given the severity of the sanction, we review the trial court's order under a "somewhat narrowed" abuse of discretion standard. Empire World Towers, LLC v. CDR...

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