Smith v. Viragen, Inc.

Plaintiff-appellant Walter Larry Smith (“Walter Smith”), his attorneys, Juan Martinez and Roland St. Louis, and their respective law firms of St. Louis, Guerra & Auslander and St. Louis & Martinez appeal an order of the circuit court awarding attorneys’ fees and costs to the defendant-appellee. We have jurisdiction, Art. V, § 4(b)(1) of the Florida Constitution, and affirm.

I. FACTS

This appeal arises out of a dispute between Walter Smith and, collectively, Vira-gen, Inc., Cytoferon Corp., and Gerald Smith.1 Viragen is a publicly-traded, biomedical research company. Cytoferon was formed to…