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TAYLOR v. SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA BARN-HART

No. 93-0319.

651 So.2d 97 (1994)

Philip H. TAYLOR, Appellant, v. SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA BARN-HART & SHIPLEY, P.A.; and Gary, Williams, Parenti & Taylor, P.A., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Opinion on Denial of Rehearing and Certification March 1, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Rogow, of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., and Beverly A. Pohl, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Daniel S. Pearson, Lenore C. Smith, Lucinda A. Hofmann of Holland & Knight, Miami, for appellees.

FARMER, Judge.

A lawyer appeals a judgment in a civil proceeding that he is guilty of contempt of court and that imposed a fine of $1,700,000 for violating an injunction against communication with his client. We reverse.

We begin by emphatically reconfirming the principle that every litigant, and especially a lawyer, must comply with an injunction — even those that the person believes in good faith to be entirely erroneous. This is undoubtedly even...

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