Attorney’s fees — Charging lien — Unjust enrichment —
Venue — Transfer — Principle of priority — Complaint raising multiple
claims, including breach of contract, quantum meruit, and unjust enrichment,
stemming from defendants’ failure to distribute settlement proceeds in
accordance
The "Appellate Gourmet (c)"
The Appellate Gourmet (c), published by Easley Appellate Practice, PLLC, focuses on appellate law issues primarily within Florida. The blog covers topics such as attorney's fees, charging liens, principles of priority, and net judgment rules. It addresses civil procedure matters including discovery disputes, enforcement of subpoenas, and due process concerns. The blog also discusses contract enforcement, insurance claims and disputes, child support modifications, and shareholder buyout clauses. Additionally, it highlights appellate practice developments and contributions by Dorothy Easley to authoritative appellate practice publications. The content often integrates detailed case analyses and procedural nuances relevant to appellate practitioners.
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Discovery, certiorari, mandamus, foreign subpoena, and buckwheat crepes with prosciutto, arugula, and asiago
Civil procedure — Discovery — Cellphone data — Forensic review —
Appeals — Certiorari — Trial court departed from essential
requirements of the law by requiring a forensic expert to make a
complete copy of the entire contents of petitioner’s…
Buyout clauses, prevailing parties, indendent contractors, and lean shredded pork with chile verde sauce, fresh oregano, over quinoa
Attorney’s
fees — Contracts — Retainer agreement — Trial court erred in awarding
plaintiff law firm attorney’s fees for first six months of representation where
retainer agreement unambiguously provided for a flat fee of $500 per month for
first six…
Easley published again, authoring two more chapters in the Appellate Practice Book, 12th edition, 2023
We are so pleased and honored for Dorothy Easley to be published again as an author in two more chapters in the FLORIDA APPELLATE PRACTICE book, 12th edition, 2023, published by The Florida Bar. Now available.
Arbitration, timesharing modifications, void judgments, and stoneground grits with fennel, roasted peppers, and spicy italian sausage
Punitive damages, attorney's fees, dissolution of marriage, and porchetta and basil pesto roll
Attorney’s fees — Charging lien — Error to deny motion to adjudicate
and enforce charging lien against client’s settlement funds based on
determination that counsel had not established third element of charging
lien, which requires an attempt to avoid the…
Corporate fiduciary duty, business records, statute of limitations, and wild boar with mustard and thyme sauce and wild lingonberries
Appeals — Absence of
transcript — Trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of
insurer in case involving proper application of policy deductible — Although
there is no transcript of pre-trial conference where ruling
was made, error is…
Wrongful death, arbitration, juror challenges, dissolution of marriage, and grilled salmon with fresh ginger and wasabi
Appeals — Second-tier certiorari review of circuit court appellate
division order reversing hearing officer’s determination that respondent
was in violation of County Code — Circuit court applied correct law in
determining whether hearing officer’s findings were supported by
competent substantial…
Prescriptive easements, wrongful death, contracts and green curry lentil soup with shaved coconut
Appeals — Jurisdiction — District court — Appeal from nonfinal order
of county court ordering arbitration in small claims litigation and
staying action until arbitration was completed, which appeal was
transferred from circuit court to district court following statutory
change…
Dissolution of marriage, personal injury, Bosc pears with herbed goat cheese, creamy angel hair pasta with shrimp and rosemary
Appeals — Certiorari — Discovery orders — Mortgage foreclosure —
Circuit court order allowing defendant to videotape deposition of
substituted plaintiff’s corporate representative but prohibiting
petitioner from disseminating the video — Petition dismissed for
failure to demonstrate irreparable harm that…