Dawn to Dusk, Inc. v. Hillsboro-Lyons Investors, Ltd.

As a sanction for various discovery violations, the trial court imposed $25,000 in attorney’s fees payable to appellee’s attorney within thirty days and ordered dismissal of the case if the sum was not paid. When appellant failed to pay, the trial court entered a final order of dismissal, which is the subject of this appeal. There was no evidence at the hearing on the discovery violations concerning the amount of attorney’s fees incurred by appellee for work performed in the case.

We reverse the order of dismissal on the authority of Tutor Time Merger Corp. v. MeCabe, 763 So.2d 505 (Fla. 4th…