Empire World Towers, LLC v. CDR Créances, S.A.S.

THE FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

I. Background

Leon Cohen, Maurice Cohen, and Sonia Cohen (collectively, the “Cohens”) appeal from a final order granting CDR Créanees’ (the “Bank”) motion to strike the defendants’ pleadings and enter a default judgment based on fraud on the court (the “Motion to Strike”). Lea Cohen and thirty-four Florida corporations (the “Corporate Defendants”)1 owned or controlled by the Cohens appeal from a final judgment and an order appointing a receiver that grants the Bank, as a default sanction, ownership and control of the Corporate Defendants’ real property. This…