Hirsch v. DiGaetano, 99-210.
Decision Date | 23 April 1999 |
Docket Number | No. 99-210.,99-210. |
Parties | John A. HIRSCH and Ronald W. Zolla, Petitioners, v. Margaret DiGAETANO, M.D., etc., et al., Respondents. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Theodore R. Doran of Doran, Wolfe & Ansay, Daytona Beach, for Petitioners.
Jeffrey D. Keiner and Lori T. Milvain and G. Robertson Dilg of Gray, Harris & Robinson, P.A., Orlando, for Respondents.
Petitioners, John A. Hirsch and Ronald W. Zolla, seek certiorari review of an order denying their motion to stay a Florida action initiated by respondent, Margaret DiGaetano, M.D. Petitioners sought to stay the contract action filed by DiGaetano in Florida because a previous contract action between the same parties and involving the same claims was first filed in Massachusetts. We grant the petition and issue the writ.
receded from on other grounds, Thomas v. Thomas, 724 So.2d 1246 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). Absent extraordinary circumstances which do not exist in this case, a trial court abuses its discretion when it fails to respect the principle of priority. See Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith, Inc. v. Ainsworth, 630 So.2d 1145 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993) ( ).
PETITION GRANTED; WRIT ISSUED; ORDER QUASHED; REMANDED.
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