Schumacher v. Tidswell

In Docket No. 68842, plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s order granting accelerated judgment in favor of defendant. In Docket No. 70785, respondent Richard Stavoe, Jr., plaintiffs’ attorney below in the case docketed no. 68842, appeals as of right from a trial court order finding him in contempt and requiring him to post a $49,000 letter of credit to purge himself of the contempt.

The instant cases have a long procedural history stemming from a 1964 Florida lawsuit. On April 23, 1964, the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida entered a money judgment against defendant David Tidswell in…