Civil Litigation

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Total Disqualification Of Counsel Cases: 3

Boca Investors Group, Inc. v. Potash, et al.

27 Fla. L. Weekly D2250 (Fla. 3d DCA October 25, 2002)

2002-10-25

DISQUALIFICATION OF COUNSEL

In determining the viability of a litigation privilege challenge to a tortious interference with a business relationship claim, the Levin court held that: absolute immunity must be afforded to any act occurring during the course of a judicial proceeding, regardless of whether the act involves a defamatory statement, or other tortuous behavior...so long as the act has some relation to the proceeding. See Levin, Middle brooks, Mamie, Thomas, May, & Mitchell, P.A. v. First Ins. Co., 639 So. 2d 606 (Fla. 1994).

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Acken v. Northup

27 Fla. L. Weekly D2230 (Fla. 2nd DCA October 18, 2002)

2002-10-18

DISQUALIFICATION OF COUNSEL

The 2nd DCA quashed the trial court

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Seelbinder v. County of Volusia

27 Fla. L. Weekly D1281 (Fla. 5th DCA June 7, 2002)

2002-06-07

DISQUALIFICATION OF COUNSEL

The county, as landowner, had no duty to warn beach-goers, invitees, of the threat of lightening, but if any duty did exist, it arose from the County

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