Miller v. Lifshutz

Full title: TANFIELD C. MILLER, APPELLANT, v. DR. HOWARD LIFSHUTZ, ET AL., APPELLEES

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Mar 21, 1990

558 So. 2d 195 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

Nos. 89-3172, 89-3173.

March 21, 1990.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Broward County, George A. Shahood, J.

Margaret Z. Villella of Platt Haas Landsman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Anne Desormier-Cartwright of Lewis, Vegosen, Rosenbach Fitzgerald, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

We sua sponte consolidate these proceedings, grant the petition for writ of certiorari, and quash the order of the trial court appointing a special master without the consent of the parties. See Rule 1.490, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, which expressly requires the consent of both parties before the appointment of any master.

DOWNEY, ANSTEAD and WALDEN, JJ., concur.