Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc. v. M.I. Industries USA, Inc.

We initially accepted jurisdiction to review the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in M.I. Industries USA Inc. v. Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund, Inc., 6 So.3d 627 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009). In its decision the district court certified the following question to be of great public importance:

INCIDENT TO AN ACTION AT LAW, MAY A TRIAL COURT ISSUE AN INJUNCTION TO FREEZE ASSETS OF A DEFENDANT, WHERE THE PLAINTIFF HAS DEMONSTRATED: (1) THE DEFENDANT AVILL TRANSFER, DISSIPATE, OR HIDE HIS/HER ASSETS SO AS TO RENDER A TRIAL JUDGMENT UNENFORCEABLE; (2) A CLEAR LEGAL RIGHT TO THE RELIEF…