REYNALDO CAMACHO AND CARMEN CAMACHO, APPELLANTS,

v.

THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO., AND THE PHOENIX INSURANCE CO., APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Fuster-Escalona v. Wisotsky, 781 So. 2d 1063 (Fla. 2000)
  …PER CURIAM. We have for review Fuster-Escalona v. Wisotsky, 715 So. 2d 1053 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998), which expressly and directly conflicts with the decision in Lukowsky v. [*1064] Hauser & Metsch, P.A., 677 So. 2d 1383 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. The conflict issue is whether a…

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• Totura & Co., Inc. v. Williams, 754 So. 2d 671 (Fla. 2000)
  …man, 600 So. 2d 1099, 1100 (Fla.1992). Hence, we strongly encourage litigants to affirmatively move their cases along or face dismissal for failure to prosecute under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(e).7 See, e.g., Fuster-Escalona v. Wisotsky, 715 So. 2d 1053, 1054 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998) (affirming dismissal because “mere filing of a motion to recuse the trial judge, without any attempt to set the motion for hearing, is not sufficient to excuse a plaintiffs lack of record activity” during preceding year) (e…
• Robbie v. Dwyn Daniels Robbie, 726 So. 2d 817 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999)
  …pt was entered. When a judge is presented with a motion for disqualification, he or she should immediately rule on the sufficiency of the motion prior to passing on any other matters pertaining to the same litigants. See Fuster-Escalona v. Wisotsky, 715 So. 2d 1053, 1054 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)(trial court erred in passing on motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute while motion for recusal was pending); Loevinger v. Northrup, 624 So. 2d 374, 375-76 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993)(when faced with a recu-sal motion, judge sh…

Authorities Cited

• Goslin v. Racal Data Commc'ns, Inc., 468 So. 2d 390 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985)
• Am. Reliance Ins. Co. v. Kiet Invs., Inc., 703 So. 2d 1190 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)