LAHAV FLOORING FIXTURES v. FLECHER, 571 So.2d 551 (Fla.App. 3 Dist. 1990)

No. 90-1724.District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
December 18, 1990.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Harvey Goldstein, J.

Douglas D. Stratton, Miami Beach, for appellant.

Burt E. Eisenberg, Hollywood, for appellee.

Before FERGUSON, COPE and LEVY, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant, Lahav Flooring and Fixtures, Inc., appeals a final judgment entered on a default for counsel’s failure to appear at a calendar call. Entry of a default judgment on liability is too severe a sanction for failure of counsel to appear at a call of the trial calendar. Beasley v. Girten, 61 So.2d 179 (Fla. 1952).

Reversed and remanded for consideration of a lesser sanction.