Are you considering filing a lawsuit for punitive damages in Palm Beach? Are you involved in a commercial litigation over a contract dispute in Miami? You may want to hire a commercial litigation law firm to read over you contract. If you signed a valid arbitration clause, you may not be able to bring your lawsuit in court. Read this recent case from Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal that explains how a court determines whether your arbitration clause was valid.
Are you contesting a will in Palm Beach? Have you decided to go it alone without an attorney? You may want to learn from the mistakes of others before going forward. Take a look at a recent case out of the Northern District Court of Florida regarding a pro-se litigant contesting a will.
Have you asked the probate court to contest a will in West Palm Beach because of undue influence or fraud? Were you preparing for an evidentiary hearing only to find out your request was denied? You may want to see what the Fourth District Court of Appeal had to say about your right to be heard in a formal hearing.
Has someone brought a breach of contract case against you in Palm Beach? Has your business been involved in a commercial litigation dispute that was voluntarily dismissed? Even though the other side voluntarily dismissed the action against you, your commercial litigation law firm and company lawyerwill still expect to be paid for the time it spent preparing for your case in Miami. You may be able to get the other side to pay for your attorney’s fees according to this recent case fromFlorida’s 4th District Court of Appeal.
Are you thinking about filing a complaint against a start-up company in Palm Beach? Does your complaint involve money taken by a partner or investor? After filing your complaint, you may want to add a new cause of action (reason for the lawsuit) to the complaint before the other side responds to it. Can your judge say, “no” to your request to amend? Read this recent case from Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal that discusses your legal rights to amend.
Are you engaged in a Palm Beach probate action and the judge seems to depart from the word of the law out of compassion? You may be able to show the appellate court that the lower court is abusing its discretion. Check out what the Fourth District Court of Appeals had to say about this issue.
Guardianship is supposed to be to protect a ward and his or her assets. A recent story shows how guardian abuse really undermines the entire system. If you know of someone abusing a ward or comingling funds please speak up to avoid cases like this one where a grandmother spent her granddaughter’s $50 thousand on cigarettes and alcohol.
Are you in the process of challenging administration of a Palm Beach trust? Are the expert accountant fees starting to pile up at over $250/hour? You may want to petition the court to award those costs against the losing party. Check out what the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Palm Beach had to say about the matter.
Can you imagine being involved in a contract lawsuit in Palm Beach where you are up against a big corporation or 3 separate corporations? Each corporation will probably offer you a settlement amount so that you all do not have to have a contract trial in Miami. But, how will you know if that settlement offer is valid under Florida law? If you plan on settling in a breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit against more than one business, you may want to read this recent case from the Florida Supreme Court dealing with settlement offers from multiple defendants.
Did you know that there is a limit on how long you have to file a legal claim in Palm Beach? Do you remember how long ago your cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty was? You may think that you can file your claim in Boca Raton for punitive damages whenever you get ready. However, a good contract lawyer will advise you to file your claim before the statute of limitation expires. Read this recent case from the U.S. Court of Appeals discussing statute of limitations under Florida law.