Lathe v. Florida Select Citrus, Inc.

721 So.2d 1247 (1998)

Jeffrey B. LATHE, Petitioner,

v.

FLORIDA SELECT CITRUS, INC., et al., Respondent.

No. 98-3011

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 23, 1998.

Jeffrey B. Lathe, Esq., West Palm Beach, for Petitioner.

No Appearance for Respondent.

DAUKSCH, J.

Jeffrey Lathe, an attorney representing the defendants below, failed to appear for a deposition scheduled by order of the trial court. At the hearing on plaintiff's motion for sanctions, Lathe stated that he had been ordered to appear before another judge at the time of the scheduled deposition. The trial judge directed…