Legal Opinion
Devins v. Peitzer
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 3, 1993No. 93-321PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
The personal representative of an estate seeks review of an order disqualifying his counsel, Warren Salomon, from representing the estate in a will contest being maintained by the appellees. We treat the appeal as an application for certiorari, see In re Estate of Gory, 570 So.2d 1381 (Fla. 4th DCA1990), and cases cited, and. quash the order under review.
Salomon acted as the attorney for the decedent in supervising the execution of the will in question. The personal representative has unequivocally stated that he will not call Salomon as his own witness at the trial, see…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Arcara v. PHILIP M. WARREN, PADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
- Beavers v. ConnerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972
- Cazares v. Church of Scientology of Cal.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- In Re Estate of GoryDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
- Ray v. StuckeyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
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