Marisol Capellan v. University of Miami, et al.
The Third District affirmed a dismissal with prejudice entered as a sanction for a plaintiff's willful failure to meet a court-ordered amended-pleading deadline in an FCRA employment discrimination case. The appellant's sole argument worth discussion — that the trial court failed to make express Kozel findings — was held unpreserved because she did not object below, provided no hearing transcript, and did not raise the missing findings in a rule 1.530 motion for rehearing. The opinion applies the amended rule 1.530(a) preservation requirement squarely to Kozel analyses.
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