Fountas v. Fountas

Full title: Paul P. FOUNTAS, Petitioner, v. John P. FOUNTAS, derivatively on behalf of…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jul 22, 2011

64 So. 3d 164 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

Opinion

No. 4D11-674.

June 22, 2011. Rehearing Denied July 22, 2011.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Robert A. Rosenberg, Judge; L.T. Case No. 06-13452-08.

Harris K. Solomon of Brinkley Morgan, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Steven N. Lippman of Rice Pugatch Robinson Schiller, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

We grant the petition for writ of certiorari and quash the portion of the circuit court's order disqualifying counsel. On remand, the circuit court shall conduct an evidentiary hearing required by Koulisis v. Rivers, 730 So.2d 289 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). See First Miami Sees., Inc. v. Sylvia, 780 So.2d 250, 253 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001).

GROSS, C.J., WARNER and GERBER, JJ., concur.