Bradley J. Edwards v. Jeffrey Epstein and Scott Rothstein
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
Appellant challenges a summary judgment holding that his malicious prosecution claim against appellee Epstein was barred., by the litigation privilege. The trial court granted summary judgment based upon Wolfe v. Foreman, 128 So.3d. 67 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013), which had decided, this issue just before the motion for summary judgment was heard. 1 Howeyer, after the trial court ruled, our court held to the contrary in Fischer v. Debrincat, 169 So.3d 1204, 1209 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016), and certified conflict with Wolfe to the supreme court. See also Rivernider v. Meyer, 174 So.3d 602, 604 (Fla. 4th DCA…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pardo v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
- Stephen Fischer v. Richard Debrincat and Jason DebrincatDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
- Theresa Rivernider v. Steven H. Meyer and Stephen H. Meyer, P.A.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015