MIRIAM RIESS, APPELLANT,

v.

UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION, ET AL., APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Patton v. Kera Tech., Inc., 895 So. 2d 1175 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005)
  …to the hearing sufficient to preclude dismissal. We disagree. The purpose of rule 1.420(e) is to encourage prompt and efficient prosecution of cases and to clear court dockets of cases that have essentially been abandoned. E.g., Lavender v. Taylor, 704 So. 2d 1157 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998). The underlying policy is to avoid protracted litigation by forcing parties to advance each case toward resolution. See Tarken v. State Dept. of Transp., 629 So. 2d 258 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993). The one year period specified in the rul…
• Nichols v. Lohr, 776 So. 2d 366 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)
  …1997). At oral argument, appellant conceded that under any view of the facts no record activity took place between the filing of the reply to affirmative defenses in July of 1998, and the court’s notice on September 9, 1999. In Lavender v. Taylor, 704 So. 2d 1157 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998), this court held that a trial court’s notice relating to a failure to prosecute was not record activity. The court’s show cause order of September 9, 1999 also does not constitute record activity. Florida Rule of Civil Procedure…

Authorities Cited

• Suluki v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 644 So. 2d 552 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994)