Epstein Secrets

via U.S. Mail and email transmittal to all those on the attached service list. By: Jack Scarola Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd West Palm Beach, FL 33409 (561) 68 (561 (fax) OL Flon No.: 169440 37 EFTA00081218 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 291-15 Entered on FLSD D

not forbid adverse inferences against parties to civil actions when they refuse to testify in response to probative evidence offered against them." Baxter v. Pahnigiano, 425 U.S. 308, 318 (1976); accord Vasquez v. State, 777 So.2d 1200, 1203 (Fla. App. 2001). The reason for this rule "is both logical and utilitaria

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o testify in response to probative evidence offered against them...." Fraser v. Sec. & Inv. Corp., 615 So. 2d 841, 842 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993) (quoting Baxter v. Pahnigiano, 425 U.S. 308, 96 S. Ct. 1551, 47 L. Ed. 2d 810 (1976)(emphasis added)). Accordingly, the evidence in which the party is refusing to testify to mus

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" Finally, the law is clear that a party cannot be found liable solely upon the basis of reliance on Fifth Amendment; there must be other evidence. Baxter v. Pahnigiano, 425 U.S. 308 (1976); Lasalle Banks Lake View v. Seguban, 54 F.3d 387 (7th Cir. 1995); National Acceptance Co.of America v. Bathalter, 705 F.2d 924