Erie Winds, N.V. v. Crab Pot Oceanside, Inc.

Appellants seek review of several orders of the trial court striking appellants’ pleadings and entering defaults as sanctions for a multitude of procedural violations on the part of appellants.

Without detailing all of the facts, suffice to say that the record supports the trial judge’s finding of a long, consistent failure of appellants to timely plead, submit to discovery, or attend hearings sufficient to justify the harsh action taken. Such action is discretionary and precludes appellate interference absent an abuse thereof. As the supreme court recently stated in Mercer v. Raine, 443 So.2d…