by Paula Hines | Sep 4, 2015 | Cases, Family Law
176 So. 3d 336 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015). In this divorce matter, the Firm successfully had the case reversed and remanded to the trial court to reconsider numerous rulings erroneously made in the former wife’s favor.
by Paula Hines | Jun 25, 2015 | Cases, Plantiffs
790 F.3d 1286 (11th Cir. 2015) The personal representative of the estate of a suspect who was shot and killed by police brought a § 1983 action against the officer and the county sheriff. The United States District Court denied the officer’s motion for summary...
by Paula Hines | Feb 23, 2015 | Amicus Briefs, Cases
162 So. 3d 236 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) The Firm filed an Amicus Brief on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Florida in a case involving the constitutional challenge to a public official’s use of a qualified blind trust in a case involving the required scope of...
by Paula Hines | Feb 11, 2015 | Cases, Plantiffs
159 So. 3d 200 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015) The Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that the defendant engineering firm negligently designed plans for a road that ultimately resulted in the plaintiff’s death. The trial court agreed, and entered summary judgment in the Defendant’s...
by Paula Hines | Aug 29, 2014 | Cases, Family Law
147 So. 3d 1048 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014) In a complicated divorce matter, the trial court agreed with the wife’s contention that certain alimony payments were actually shareholder distributions from the marital business. The trial court awarded the wife one-half of the...
by Paula Hines | Apr 30, 2014 | Cases, Property Rights
2014 WL 1703942 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014) In the fifth appeal in this matter to the Fifth District, the appellate court affirmed the case after it was remanded from the United States Supreme Court (see Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, 133 S.Ct. 2586...
