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ceedings. Under Florida law, there is no immunity for acts undertaken in judicial proceedings that bear no relation to those proceedings. See, e.g., Levin, Middlebrooks, Mahie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, P.A. v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 639 So. 2d 616, 608 (1994). It is for a fact finder to determine wheth

Esq., Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, E., 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33409; Jack Alan Goldberger, Esq., Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, 250 Australian Ave. South, Suite 1400, West Palm Beach, FL 33401-5012; and Marc S. Nurik, Esq., Law Offices of Marc S. Nurik, One East Broward Bl

ank National Association, 141 So. 3d 754 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014) 2 LatAm Invests., LLC v. Holland & Knight, LLP, 88 So. 3d 240 (FIa. 3d DCA 2011) 3 Levin, Middlebrooks, Moves & Mitchell, v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 639 So. 2d 606 (Fla. 1994) passim McCullough v. Kubiak, 4DI3-4048 (Feb. 18, 2015) 9, 10

rdale, FL 33301 Jack Goldberger 24 EFTA00589644 Law Offices of Mark S. Nurik 1 E. Broward Blvd., Ste. 700 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A. 250 S. Australian Ave., Ste. 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 25 EFTA00589645 W. Chester Brewer, Jr. W. Chester Brewer, Jr. P.A. 250 S. A

elate to the proceeding, then it would not be covered by the litigation privilege and it could serve as a basis for probable cause to bring a claim. Levin, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, P.A. v. United States Fire Ins. Co., 639 So. 2d 606, 608 (Fla. 1994). Epstein's Complaints identif

rdale, FL 33301 Counsel for Defendant Scott Rothstein Co-Counsel for Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff Bradley I Edwards Jack A. Goldberger Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, .. 250 Australian Avenue S., Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Co-Counsel for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Je E stein 9 EFTA00808703

ht now. 8 NR. UREMIA: So let's get into the Wolfe 9 case. That's where we're headed next. And really 10 there's a trilogy of cases. There's the Levin 11 case, the Echevarria case, if I'm somewhere close 12 to pronouncing that correctly, and the Wolfe case. 13 All of them deal with litigation

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nd related to the proceedings, the litigation privilege applied to both the abuse of process and malicious prosecution claims, and also finding that Levin, Middlebrooks, Moves & Mitchell v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 639 So. 2d 606 (Fla. 1994), Echevarria, McCalla, Raymer, Barrett & Frappier v. Cole, 950 So.

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t. I reject it also because of the presence of the Etchaverria case and the other case that involves the law firm that slips my mind. MS. HADDAD: Levin. THE COURT: The Levin case. So there was language principally used in the Wolfe case -- that's the underlying case that you primarily relied upon

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is a 9 litigation privilege argument that your Honor 10 has heard repeatedly from opposing counsel. It 11 is based upon the Court's decision in Levin, 12 Middlebrooks which describes a broad litigation 13 privilege, applicable in the context of 14 legitimate claims. 15 The attempt to apply

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ank National Association, 141 So. 3d 754 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014) 2 LatAm Invests., LLC v. Holland & Knight, LLP, 88 So. 3d 240 (FIa. 3d DCA 2011) 3 Levin, Middlebrooks, Moves & Mitchell, P.A. v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 639 So. 2d 606 (Fla. 1994) passim McCullough v. Kubiak, 4D13-4048 (Feb. 18, 2015) 9

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ons 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 the course of a judicial proceeding [...], so long as that con

d Avenue West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Fred Haddad Fred Haddad, P.A. 1 Financial Plaza, Ste. 2612 Ft. Lauderdale FL 01 Jack Goldberger Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A. 250 S. Australian Ave., Ste. 1400 West Palm Beach FL 33401 24 EFTA00613613 W. Chester Brewer, Jr. W. Chester Brewer, Jr. P.A. 250 S. Au