Legal Opinion
Buroz-Henriquez v. De Buroz
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 14, 2009No. Nos. 3D08-3049, 3D09-269PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAGOA, Judge.
Reynaldo Buroz-Henriquez (“Buroz-Henriquez”) appeals from the trial court’s order removing him as the personal representative of his father’s estate, striking his pleadings and testimony, and entering a default. Buroz-Henriquez also appeals from a separate order awarding attorney’s fees in the amount of $25,875.00 to the appellee’s attorney.1 The trial court entered the orders as sanctions for Buroz-Henriquez’s alleged repeated failures to comply with the court’s discovery orders. For the following reasons, we reverse.
It is well established that before a court may dismiss a cause…
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