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Mendez v. Blanco

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jan 10, 1996
665 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Summary

holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint where he “committed serious misconduct by repeatedly lying under oath during a deposition”

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Opinion

No. 95-1491.

January 10, 1996.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Thomas W. Spencer, J.

Kathryn D. Yates, Key West, for appellants.

Hinshaw Culbertson and Eric G. Belsky and Eduardo Cosio and Ronald L. Kammer, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and GODERICH, JJ.


The trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the plaintiffs complaint where Mr. Mendez committed serious misconduct by repeatedly lying under oath during a deposition. Accordingly, we affirm. See O'Vahey v. Miller, 644 So.2d 550 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994).


Summaries of

Mendez v. Blanco

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jan 10, 1996
665 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint where he “committed serious misconduct by repeatedly lying under oath during a deposition”

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holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint where he "committed serious misconduct by repeatedly lying under oath during a deposition

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affirming trial court's dismissal of the plaintiff's complaint where the plaintiff committed serious misconduct by repeatedly lying under oath

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In Mendez v. Blanco, 665 So.2d 1149, 1150 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996), the court held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing plaintiff's complaint where he "committed serious misconduct by repeatedly lying under oath during a deposition.

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Case details for

Mendez v. Blanco

Case Details

Full title:ISIDORO MENDEZ AND CONSUELO MENDEZ, APPELLANTS, v. JIMMY BLANCO AND MARIA…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jan 10, 1996

Citations

665 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

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