by Paula Hines | Jan 24, 2011 | Cases, Commercial
53 So. 3d 1095 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011) The trial court entered a non-final order directing a law firm and an individual to transfer funds to a receiver appointed to wind up a separate law firm’s affairs. The Firm appealed the ruling, and successfully persuaded the...
by Paula Hines | Oct 15, 2010 | Cases, Commercial
47 So. 3d 333 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010) Johary Aviation moved to set aside a default entered in the trial court against it and the trial court denied its motion. The Firm appealed the denial and Turan attempted to defend the ruling on two fronts. First, it claimed that the...
by Paula Hines | Feb 13, 2009 | Cases, Commercial
2 So. 3d 1093 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009) The Firm successfully appealed a Final Judgment entered after a jury verdict in favor of a sub-subcontractor in a construction dispute. The Opinion found that the trial court improperly allowed the jury to consider certain damage...
by Paula Hines | Mar 18, 2008 | Cases, Commercial
270 Fed. Appx. 761 (11th Cir. 2008) In this non-compete case, the Firm successfully defended a judgment in federal court dismissing the plaintiff’s tort claims, and also upheld the trial court’s equitably crafted temporary injunction.
by Paula Hines | Feb 22, 2008 | Cases, Commercial
974 So. 2d 1186 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008) The State Board of Education reversed a decision by a school board that denied a charter school’s application to operate. The school board appealed, and the Firm successfully defended the State Board’s decision in the...
by Paula Hines | Apr 21, 2006 | Cases, Commercial
927 So. 2d 135 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) The Tummala case involves an interesting question of law arising under Florida’s restrictive covenant (sometimes referred to as “non-compete”) statute, concerning whether patients that physicians referred to a...
