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DCA 2013) 12 American Nat. Title & Escrow of Florida, Inc. v. Guarantee Title & Trust, Co., 748 So. 2d 1054 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) 13 DelMonico v. Traynor, 116 So. 3d 1205 (Fla. 2013) 2, 10, 18, 19 Echevarria, McCalla, Raymer, Barrett & Frappier v. Cole, 950 So. 2d 380 (Fla. 2007) passim Fridovich

Jewelry, Inc., 2012 WL 4138028 M. Fla. Sept. 19, 2012) (`[t]he decision to file a lawsuit clearly relates to a judicial proceeding'); DelMonico v. Traynor, 116 So.3d 1205, 1217, 1219 (Fla. 2013) (privilege applies when statements or actions occur `either in front of a judicial officer or in pleading o

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. Cole, 950 So. 2d 380, 384 (Fla. 2007), and correctly recognized and applied the litigation privilege. Id. This Court continued its analy

The rule of absolute immunity extends to the parties, judges, witnesses, and counsel involved and related to the judicial proceedings. DelMonico v. Traynor, 50 So.3d 4, 7 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010). The Florida Supreme Court found that absolute litigation immunity was designed to allow a party to `pro

elry, Inc., 2012 WL 4138028 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 19, 2012) (`[t]he decision to file a lawsuit clearly relates to a judicial proceeding'); DelMonico v. Traynor, 116 So.3d 1205, 1217, 1219 (Fla. 2013) (privilege applies when statements or actions occur `either in front of a judicial officer or in pleading o

[e] or defend[] a lawsuit without fear of having to defend their actions in a subsequent civil action for misconduct.' Echevarria, McCalla, Raymer, Barrett & Frappier v. Cole, 950 So.2d 380, 384 (Fla. 2007); see also Levin, 639 So.2d at 608 C[A]bsolute immunity must be afforded to any act occurring during

... so long as the act has some relation to the proceeding." Echevarria, 950 So.2d at 384 (quoting Levin, 639 So.2d at 608), see also DelMonico v. Traynor, — So.3d 38 Fla. L. Weekly S106, 2013 WL 535451 (Fla.2013) (clarifying that, although not all statements made outside of the formal judicial pro

ions in Florida, both to common-law causes of action, those initiated pursuant to a statute, or of some other origin," Echevarria, McCalla, Raymer, Barrett & Frappier v. Cole, 950 So.2d 380, 384 (Fla.2007), and reaffirmed that "ralbsolute immunity must be afforded to any act occurring during the course of