COLBY v. ELLIS

No. 89-00980.

562 So.2d 356 (1990)

Preston H. COLBY, Appellant, v. Steven ELLIS, Walter Hornberger, Robert Holston, and Spencer Slate, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Paul Montgomery of Montgomery & Wilhoite, Chartered, Bradenton, for appellant.

Andrew E. Grigsby of Corlett, Killian, Ober, Hardeman, McIntosh & Levi, P.A., Miami, for appellee Steven Ellis.

Donna E. Albert and Frank R. Gramling of Fertig and Gramling, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Walter Hornberger.

Alfred O. Bragg of Cunningham, Albritton, Lenzi, Warner, Bragg & Miller, P.A., Marathon, for appellees Holston and Slate.


PATTERSON, Judge.

In 1982 the appellant testified as a scuba diving expert on behalf of the plaintiff in a wrongful death action. The verdict rendered in favor of the plaintiff became of grave concern to dive shop operators in the Florida Keys and other members of the scuba diving industry. Appellant perceived a conspiracy on the part of the scuba diving community to retaliate against him for the expert opinion he had rendered. As a result, he instituted suit against...

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