ntered against the original Complaint, Epstein later amended his complaint twice. As such, the Second Amended Complaint is the operative complaint. See State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Higgins, 788 So. 2d 992, 995 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) ("An amended complaint supersedes an earlier pleading where it does not express an intenti

Commit Fraud), were abandoned. 4. Pursuant to black-letter Florida law, the Amended Complaint against Rothstein superseded the Initial Complaint. See State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Higgins 788 So. 2d 992, 995 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001), approved, 894 So. 2d 5 (Fla. 2004) ("An amended complaint supersedes an earlier pleading w