Ligan v. Zayre Corp., s. 86-965

• Decision Date: 04 August 1987
• Docket Number: 86-1854 and 86-1855,Nos. 86-965,s. 86-965
• Parties: 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1874 Reuben LIGAN, Appellant, v. ZAYRE CORPORATION, Appellee.
• Court: Florida District Court of Appeals

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511 So.2d 404

12 Fla. L. Weekly 1874

Reuben LIGAN, Appellant, v. ZAYRE CORPORATION, Appellee.

Nos. 86-965, 86-1854 and 86-1855.

District Court of Appeal of Florida,

Third District.

Aug. 4, 1987.

Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Richard B. Burke and Arnold Ginsberg, Miami, for appellant.

Anthony Reinert, Coral Gables, and William T. Goran, Miami, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court dismissing the appellant/plaintiff's cause of action. At oral argument, counsel for the appellee/defendant urged this court to notice the record and file of the prior circuit court case involving the same issues and the same parties. We accept counsel's invitation and reverse. It is apparent that the trial court's order of dismissal in the first case was entered as a sanction for failure to proceed and was not an adjudication on the merits. See Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.420(b).

Reversed and remanded for further proceedings.