Williams v. Gaffin Industrial Services, Inc.

VILLANTI, Judge.

Lisa Williams, as personal representative of the estate of Robert Williams, appeals the trial court’s order granting Gaf-fin Industrial Services, Inc.’s motion to dismiss the complaint with prejudice. Because the trial court considered matters outside the four corners of the complaint when it granted the motion to dismiss, we reverse. We also note that, even if dismissal had been appropriate, the trial court should not have dismissed the complaint with prejudice because on these facts Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.190(a) gave Williams the absolute right to amend once…