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ide of the formal judicial process are not protected by the absolute litigation privilege, but rather enjoy a qualified privilege. Id. at 1217. The DelMonico Court's ruling, however, does not limit the Levin and Echevarria rulings. Instead, it is specific to the extremely confined facts in that matter, which wer

ier v. Cole, 950 So. 2d 380 (Fla. 2007); Levin, Middlebrooks, Moves & Mitchell, M. v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 639 So. 2d 606 (Fla. 1994). Additionally, the Third District Court of Appeal in Wolfe v. Foreman, 128 So. 3d 67 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013), concluded that the litigation privilege applies to a cause of action for malicious prosecuti

ide of the formal judicial process are not protected by the absolute litigation privilege, but rather enjoy a qualified privilege. Id. at 1217. The DelMonico Court's ruling, however, does not limit the Levin and Echevarria rulings. Instead, it is specific to the extremely confined facts in that matter, which wer

pier v. Cole, 950 So. 2d 380 (Fla. 2007); Levin, Middlebrooks, Moves & Mitchell,.. v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 639 So. 2d 606 (Fla. 1994). Additionally, the Third District Court of Appeal in Wolfe v. Foreman, 128 So. 3d 67 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013), concluded that the litigation privilege applies to a cause of action for malicious prosecuti

ide of the formal judicial process are not protected by the absolute litigation privilege, but rather enjoy a qualified privilege. Id. at 1217. The DelMonico Court's ruling, however, does not limit the Levin and Echevarria rulings. Instead, it is specific to the extremely confined facts in that matter, which wer

g, P.A., 125 So. 3d 309 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013) in matters involving the litigation privilege. In the instant case, the trial court was legally bound by the Third District Court of Appeal's decision in Wolfe, as the Florida Supreme Court stated unequivocally that a "trial court may not overrule or recede from the controlling decision