
    William STERN, Appellant, v. Sanford M. STEIN and Frances D. Stein, Appellees.
    No. 96-1360.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    June 4, 1997.
    Stuart C. Hoffman and Gary E. Susser, Boca Raton, for appellant.
    David M. Garvin of David M. Garvin, P.A., Miami, for appellees.
   PARIENTE, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals an order striking his pleadings for discovery violations. We reverse the order striking the pleadings and vacate the subsequently-entered final judgment. The trial court abused its discretion in striking plaintiffs pleadings when the time provided for compliance with discovery, based on a prior court order of a predecessor judge, had not yet expired.

In reversing, we specifically reject plaintiffs argument that the trial court’s comments required its recusal.

DELL and GROSS, JJ., concur.  