Mitschke-Collande v. Skipworth Properties Limited

This appeal is a sequel to a series of cases that have come before this Court during a two-decade effort by the heirs of Siegfried Otto, a successful German businessman, to recover over $90,000,000 in funds misappropriated by his former son-in-law, Thomas Kramer. The facts underlying the litigation are set forth in Otto’s Heirs v. Kramer, 797 So.2d 594 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001).

The present iteration of that effort emanates from the efforts of the heirs, Verena Von Mitschke-Collande and Claudia Miller-Otto, to realize on a luxury home on Star Island in Miami Beach, which Kramer transferred to…