Do you know the rules on offer of judgment in West Palm Beach civil court? If you are involved in an action for tortious interference with an inheritance of expectancy interest you may want to know what these documents can do to your case. You may end up on the hook for attorney’s fees otherwise! Want to learn more? Check out this recent case about offers of judgment from the Third District Court of Appeals in Miami-Dade County.
Tortious Interference
- One of the lesser-known things you can sue for in West Palm Beach is tortious interference with an inheritance.
- If someone takes your car from you and never gives it back you can sue for conversionof your property.
- When it comes to an inheritance it is not so simple because you did not have a real interest in the property to be inherited.
- What you had is actually called an expectancy interest.
- If some knows of this expectancy and knowingly interferes you may have an action because the courts in West Palm Beach frown on such conduct.
- Do you know what you will have to prove to win?
- For one thing you are going to have to allege damages.
Offers of Judgment
- You may be curious by the documents you are served with on the eve of trial.
- Watch out for something called an offer of judgment.
- These offers may put you on the hook for attorney’s fees if you proceed to trial and do not get more than the offer.
- Watch out for slightly different standards in Federal Court too.
- Want to learn more about offers of judgment?
- Check out this recent case out of the Third District Court of Appeals.
United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Comprehensive Health Center
- This was an opinion filed following a writ of certiorari where one party alleged the trial court applied the wrong rules of law to a case.
- Among other issues was the fact that the court ignored Appellant’s right to attorney feesdespite proper offers of judgment.
- Do you know how to properly file an offer of judgment so that it is on the record and can allow you to get attorney’s fees?
Want to learn more about offers of judgment in West Palm Beach?
Check out the entire case by clicking here.