Hulett Envir. v. Advtg. Pest rel

Full title: HULETT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES,INC., a Florida corporation, Petitioner, v…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Feb 21, 2001

778 So. 2d 478 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

Opinion

No. 4D00-3453.

Opinion filed February 21, 2001.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; J. Leonard Fleet, Judge; L.T. Case No. CACE 00-10599 (08).

Certiorari granted.

Roger C. Hurd of Hurd, Horvath Dinkin, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, for petitioner.

Rhonda Hollander of Law Offices of Rhonda Hollander, P.A., Hollywood, for Respondent-Advantage Pest Related Services, Inc.

PER CURIAM.

We grant certiorari and quash the trial court's order appointing a special master over the express objection of the petitioner.

Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.490(c) provides "No reference shall be to a master, either general or special, without the consent of the parties." See also Rapaport v. Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, Inc., 627 So.2d 617 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); Miller v. Lifshutz, 558 So.2d 195 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990); Oliveri v. Oliveri, 541 So.2d 174 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989).

Certiorari granted.

DELL, STONE, and FARMER, JJ., Concur.