383 So. 2d 765 | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | 1980
The sole issue on this appeal is whether the judge of industrial claims erred in ordering appellant to appear for a deposition. The hearing below, on appellees’ motion to compel discovery, was precipitated by ap-pellees’ inability to obtain appellant’s deposition after nine attempts over the course of 14 months. The excuse given for appellant’s failure to appear for his deposition was his counsel’s inability to attend because of a busy legislative schedule in Tallahassee.
It is clear to us that the failure to appear at the previous depositions and at the hearing below amounts to dilatory tactics on the part of appellant’s counsel. To delay the resolution of this and other causes by such questionable appeals should not and will not be tolerated. We regret that it has become necessary to concern ourselves with improper practices and tactics on the part of the parties and counsel engaging in worker’s compensation litigation.
Accordingly, we affirm the judge’s order.
. Special Disability Trust Fund v. University of Miami, 379 So.2d 1323 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980), 1980.