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Michael Shelley and Mark Sullivan obtained a directed verdict and final judgment in favor of a Miami Beach hotel following four days of jury trial on a malicious prosecution claim in “Elegant” Elliot Offen v. Intercontinental Hotels Corporation, et al. After previously dispensing with the plaintiff’s other four counts on dispositive motions, Mr. Shelley and...
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Alex Diaz was successfully in affirming the dismissal of a legal malpractice complaint against a criminal defense attorney that he had previously secured. The plaintiff alleged that the attorney had provided negligent legal services. The court dismissed the plaintiff’s claim on the basis that the plaintiff’s complaint failed to state a cause of action. The Third...
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Following a six-day evidentiary hearing on a Sworn Motion to Strike the Plaintiff’s Complaint as a Sham Pleading, a Miami Dade Circuit Court entered a 15 page written order dismissing a plaintiff’s legal malpractice lawsuit against her former divorce attorney with prejudice. At the evidentiary hearing, Klein Glasser attorneys Rob Klein and Mark Sullivan presented...
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Rob Klein and Houston Park were successful in affirming a summary judgment which Mr. Park had secured for attorney clients who had allegedly failed to initiate a timely legal malpractice action on behalf of that very same client. Ironically, the Court of Appeal ultimately agreed with the Firm’s contention that the statute of limitations had...
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Rob Klein, Mark Sullivan and Sherry Dunaj obtained a summary judgment for an attorney client in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The firm had secured a prior summary judgment, which was affirmed in large part by the U.S. Court of...
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Mike Breen was successful in obtaining a summary judgment on behalf of a subcontractor who performed renovation work at a shopping center. A suit was brought by the landowner against the general contractor alleging defective work. The general in turn sued the various subcontractors that were hired for the project. The defense successfully argued that...
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Rob Klein and Yelena Shneyderman were successful in affirming a Trial Court Order dismissing a legal malpractice claim with prejudice, based upon application of Florida’s judicial-immunity doctrine. The law firm defendant had been sued when it failed to discharge a number of garnishment writs, which had sought to garnish accounts in various offshore banks, belonging...
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