Special K Investors, Inc. v. Meiman

Special K Investors, Inc. appeals an order that dismissed its action against Richard Meiman and other defendants. 1 We reverse.

The trial court dismissed the case against Richard Meiman and the remaining defendants because Special K’s counsel failed to appear for a case management conference. A trial court may dismiss an action for a party’s failure to appear at a scheduled case management conference. Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.200(c). However, “[b]e-cause dismissal of an action is ‘the harshest of all sanctions,’ the trial court must explicitly find that the party’s actions were willful, flagrant,…