The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit affirmed a summary judgment obtained by Michael Shelley and Richard Jones in the Southern District of Florida. In Rodriguez v. Akal Security, Inc., the plaintiff, a detainee at a federal detention center, was seriously injured after climbing to the top of a piece of gym equipment...Read More

Rob Klein and Mark Sullivan were successful in striking a legal malpractice/breach of fiduciary duty claim as a sham in an action against an attorney in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The plaintiff claimed his attorney had deliberately misinterpreted a fee agreement, and that the attorney had retained a litigation retainer which the plaintiff claimed he had...Read More