Legal Opinion

Lyons v. Capi

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 19, 1966No. 613PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDREWS, Judge.

The plaintiff, Robert S. Lyons, a practicing attorney in Fort Lauderdale, appeals an order of the trial court declining to enter declaratory decree. The order also transferred the cause to the court of record because the amount of the counterclaim of the defendant, Andre S. Capi, M.D., was below the jurisdictional amount upon which an action could be brought in the circuit court.

The plaintiff represented a party in a malpractice claim against a medical doctor. In connection with the preparation of said case the defendant here was subpoenaed for discovery deposition and later…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. FLORIDA HOTEL & REST. COM'N v. Marseilles Hotel Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1956
  2. Garner v. De Soto Ranch, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Kelner v. WoodyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  2. Christensen Shipyards, Ltd. v. Derecktor-Gunnell, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  3. Iskyo Aronov v. Sound Connection Distributors, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2026

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