Van Gorder v. Blank (R) Construction Corp.

DOWNEY, Judge.

Appellants, Arthur and Shirley Van Gorder, were plaintiffs in the trial court and appellees, Blank (R) Construction Corporation and Curcie Brothers, Inc., were defendants. After the case had been set for trial it was removed from the trial calendar by court order to await a decision of the Supreme Court involving a controlling issue. The order stated that the case “shall be reset or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the decision of the Florida Supreme Court or other Florida Appellate Court.”

More than nineteen months after the decision of the Supreme Court had been…