Venom, Inc. v. Pipewelders Marine

Full title: VENOM, INC., ASHAWK LAND AND CATTLE CO., INC., AND BYARD EDWARDS, JR.…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Sep 19, 1990

566 So. 2d 12 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 90-1206.

August 1, 1990. Clarification, Rehearing and Certification Denied September 19, 1990.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court for Broward County; Estella May Moriarty, Judge.

John R. Sutton, South Miami, and Allison Doliner Hockman, Coral Gables, for petitioners.

Allsworth, Doumar, Cazel, Curtis Cross, P.A., and Nancy Little Hoffmann of Nancy Little Hoffmann, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioners seek review by certiorari of an order of the trial court denying abatement or stay pending conclusion of an earlier suit in Louisiana involving essentially the same parties and subject matter. We grant the petition, quash the order, and direct the trial court to stay the proceedings. See Florida Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Celotex Corp., 547 So.2d 660 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989); Lightsey v. Williams, 526 So.2d 764 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988).

CERTIORARI GRANTED.

LETTS, GLICKSTEIN and GARRETT, JJ., concur.