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minal cases upon which Appellee relies in support of his assertion that the trial court's ruling was proper; Levin, 9 EFTA00589629 Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, M. v. United States Fire Ins. Co., 639 So. 2d 606, 608 (Fla. 1994) and Echevarria, McCalla, Raymer, Barrett & Frappier v

467-1223 6 4 337-3716 facsimile) JOHN BERANEK Fla. Bar No.: 0005419 AUSLEY & MCMULLEN, P.A. 123 South Calhoun Street P.O. Box 391 (zip 32302) Tallahassee, FL 32301 Telephone: (850) 224-9115 Facsimile: 850 222-7560 EFTA00589617 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CITATIONS ii PRELIMINARY STATEMENT I ST

to provide legal immunity for actions that occur in judicial proceedings. Myers v. Hodges, 53 Fla. 197, 44 So. 357 (1907). In Levitt, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, P.A. v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 639 So.2d 606, 608 (Fla.I994), the Florida Supreme Court extended the litigation privilege,

been litigated and withdrew, indisputably occurred during and were related to the judicial proceedings. Attorneys and Law Firms Michael E. Allen, Tallahassee. for appellants. Hunton & Williams LLP, and Marty Steinberg and Jeffrey W. Gutchess; Ross & Girten, and Lauri Waldman Ross, Miami, for appellees.

analysis of the seminal cases upon which Appellee relies in support of his assertion that the trial court's ruling was proper; Levin, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, M. v. United States Fire Ins. Co., 639 So. 2d 606, 608 (Fla. 1994) and Echevarria, McCalla, Raymer, Barrett & 9 EFTA007

(facsimile) [email protected] JOHN BERANEK Fla. Bar No.: 0005419 AUSLEY & MCMULLEN, P.A. 123 South Calhoun Street P.O. Box 391 (zip 32302) Tallahassee, FL 32301 Telephone: (850) 224-9115 Facsimile: (850) 222-7560 [email protected] EFTA00714920 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CITATIONS ii PRELI

ne how far and to which causes of action the litigation privilege would apply. The seminal case now for us, I guess, now is Levin. This was Levin, Mabie suing. It was www.phippareporting.com 888 811-3408 001221 EFTA00613518 12 1 actually a tortious interference case. But the 2 case went up t

01 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 JOHN BERANEK Fla. Bar No.: 0005419 AUSLEY & MCMULLEN, P.A. 123 South Calhoun Street P.O. Box 391 (zip 32302) Tallahassee. FL 32301 Exhibit B EFTA00613586 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CITATIONS ii PRELIMINARY STATEMENT 1 STATEMENT REGARDING ORAL ARGUMENT 2 STAND

O Prejclude O/C, etc. from Making Extrajudicial Statements, et al. proceeding if the act "has some relation to the proceeding." Levin, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, P.A. v. United States Fire Ins. Co., 639 So. 2d 606, 608 (Fla. 1994). The litigation privilege bars Edwards' claim again

nterests, such costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees upon appropriate proof, may be recovered as an element of damages." City of Tallahassee v. Blankenship & Lee, 736 So. 2d 29, 30 (Fla. 1s' DCA 1999)(quotation and citation omitted); It is equally settled that attorney's fees and litigat