HERITAGE CIRCLE v. FLA. DEPT. OF BUSINESS

No. 4D12-1733.

121 So.3d 1141 (2013)

HERITAGE CIRCLE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, DIVISION OF CONDOMINIUMS, TIMESHARES AND MOBILE HOMES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Il Young Choi of Choi & Menezes, LLP, Miami, for appellant.

J. Layne Smith and Garnett W. Chisenhall, Tallahassee, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

The trial court granted a default judgment against appellant as a sanction for discovery violations without holding a hearing and without consideration of the factors in Kozel v. Ostendorf, 629 So.2d 817, 818 (Fla.1993), for determining whether the ultimate sanction of dismissal was warranted. Because of the failure to consider the Kozel factors, we reverse.

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