KIRKLAND'S STORES, INC. v. FELICETTY

No. 4D05-2230.

931 So.2d 1013 (2006)

KIRKLAND'S STORES, INC., Appellant, v. Joan FELICETTY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Sherman, Sr. and Richard A. Sherman, Jr., Law Offices of Richard A. Sherman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Julie H. Littky-Rubin of Lytal, Reiter, Clark, Fountain & Williams, LLP, West Palm Beach, Andrew J. Weinstein of Weinstein & Associates, P.A., Coral Springs, and Craig H. Blinderman of Mrejen Blinderman, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

In this negligence action the trial judge entered a default on liability against the defendant for failing to file an amended answer and affirmative defenses and, alternatively, as a sanction for disregarding several orders of the court involving discovery and related issues.

As to the failure to file an amended answer, the record discloses that defendant's previous answer had been stricken several months before trial with leave to file an amended...

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