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Kurland v. Hamilton Law Firm

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
May 19, 2021
319 So. 3d 783 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)

Opinion

No. 3D21-0485

05-19-2021

Evelyn KURLAND, Appellant, v. The HAMILTON LAW FIRM, PL, etc., Appellee.

Ross & Girten, and Lauri Waldman Ross ; Moraitis & Raimondi, LLP, and Robert J. Moraitis, and Peter M. Raimondi (Ft. Lauderdale), for appellant. Dorta & Ortega P.A., and Omar Ortega and Natalie A. Ferral, for appellee.


Ross & Girten, and Lauri Waldman Ross ; Moraitis & Raimondi, LLP, and Robert J. Moraitis, and Peter M. Raimondi (Ft. Lauderdale), for appellant.

Dorta & Ortega P.A., and Omar Ortega and Natalie A. Ferral, for appellee.

Before EMAS, C.J., and LINDSEY, and LOBREE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Evelyn Kurland, appellant/defendant below, appeals an order denying her motion to transfer venue to the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County under principles of priority or on the basis of a forum selection clause in the retainer agreement between the parties. The order also denied her motion to stay the proceedings pending disposition of the charging lien filed in the Broward action by the Hamilton Law Firm, appellee/plaintiff below. Without reaching either the issue regarding whether this action should be transferred to Broward or the enforceability of the forum selection clause, on the undisputed facts of this case, we treat the appeal of the order denying the motion to stay as a petition for writ of certiorari and quash the order. See Sorena v. Gerald J. Tobin, P.A., 47 So. 3d 875, 876 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010) ("Because we find that this action involves both substantially similar parties and substantially similar issues as are involved in the earlier-filed action, we grant the petition for certiorari and quash the trial court's order denying a stay of proceedings.").


Summaries of

Kurland v. Hamilton Law Firm

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
May 19, 2021
319 So. 3d 783 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)
Case details for

Kurland v. Hamilton Law Firm

Case Details

Full title:Evelyn Kurland, Appellant, v. The Hamilton Law Firm, PL, etc., Appellee.

Court:Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Date published: May 19, 2021

Citations

319 So. 3d 783 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)