Mendez v. Blanco
| Decision Date | 10 January 1996 |
| Docket Number | No. 95-1491,95-1491 |
| Citation | 665 So.2d 1149 |
| Parties | 21 Fla. L. Weekly D146 Isidoro MENDEZ and Consuelo Mendez, Appellants, v. Jimmy BLANCO and Maria Blanco, Appellees. |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Kathryn D. Yates, Key West, for appellants.
Hinshaw & Culbertson and Eric G. Belsky and Eduardo Cosio and Ronald L. Kammer, Miami, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and GODERICH, JJ.
The trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the plaintiffs complaint where Mr. Mendez committed serious misconduct by repeatedly lying under oath during a deposition. Accordingly, we affirm. See O'Vahey v. Miller, 644 So.2d 550 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994).
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