Berkowitz v. Holland Knight

Full title: IRVING BERKOWITZ, APPELLANT, v. HOLLAND KNIGHT, BARNETT BANK OF SOUTH…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Dec 24, 1986

498 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

No. 85-2822.

December 24, 1986.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Broward County; John G. Ferris, Judge.

Larry Klein of Klein Beranek, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Rex Conrad and Valerie Shea of Conrad, Scherer James, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee-Holland Knight.

Terrence J. Russell and Thomas R. Bolf of Ruden, Barnett, McClosky, Schuster Russell, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee-Barnett Bank.

Paul R. Regensdorf of Fleming, O'Bryan Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee-Chicago Title Insurance Company.

PER CURIAM.

Reversed. We believe the appellant's amended complaint stated a cause of action for tortious interference with an existing contractual relationship against all of the appellees. See Wackenhut Corporation v. Maimone, 389 So.2d 656 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980), rev. denied, 411 So.2d 383 (Fla. 1981).

HERSEY, C.J., and ANSTEAD and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.