Caruso v. Knight

Three Publix managers petition for a writ of certiorari to review an order disqualifying their counsel, Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. (“Stearns Weaver”). The managers are being sued by two former bakery employees for, among other things, conspiring to have them fired. Publix is not a defendant in this civil suit, but one of the former employees previously filed an employment discrimination complaint against Publix with the Florida Commission on Human Relations. Publix retained Stearns Weaver to represent both the managers in this case and Publix’s interests. The…