Faddis v. City of Homestead

Johanna Faddis, the plaintiff below, appeals the trial court’s entry of a final judg*1135ment in favor of the City of Homestead and other defendants below, following an order striking Faddis’s pleadings as a sanction for committing a fraud upon the court. Given the severity of the sanction, we review the trial court’s order under a “somewhat narrowed” abuse of discretion standard. Empire World Towers, LLC v. CDR Créances, S.A.S., 89 So.3d 1034, 1038 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012) (citing Williams v. Miami-Dade Cnty. Pub. Health Trust, 17 So.3d 859 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009)).

The record contains competent substantial…