COLUMBO v. PUIG

No. 99-2086.

745 So.2d 1106 (1999)

Ugo COLUMBO, Petitioner, v. Dora PUIG, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel I. Burstyn, Miami; De la O & Marko and Miguel de la O and Tom Rebull, Miami, for petitioner.

Ferrell Schultz Carter Fertel and Martin Greenbaum and Michael J. Schlesinger, Miami, for respondent.

Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and GREEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Ugo Columbo petitions for a writ of certiorari claiming his counsel was erroneously disqualified from representing him. We grant the petition and quash the order under review.

In the underlying lawsuit, Dora Puig sued Colombo for breach of contract, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Columbo retained Burstyn as one of his lawyers for this lawsuit. Burstyn intended to depose Puig; Puig objected and moved to disqualify...

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