Legal Opinion
Saewitz v. Saewitz
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided January 4, 2012No. 3D10-1570, 3D10-1872PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShepherd, J.
This is an appeal by Mercedes R. Saew-itz and Brooke A. Saewitz, daughters of Max Saewitz, deceased, from a directed verdict and final judgment of dismissal at the close of the daughters’ case-in-chief in a lawsuit filed by them against their stepmother, Lynn Saewitz, for conversion and tortious interference with an expected inheritance. The trial judge dismissed the case for failure of the daughters to meet and satisfy the damage element of their prima facie case. We affirm the decision of the trial court. 1
The daughters’ initial brief on this appeal persuasively chronicles the record…
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