DRUMMOND COMPANY, INC. v. CONRAD & SCHERER, LLP

Nos. 16-11090, 15-90031.

885 F.3d 1324 (2018)

DRUMMOND COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CONRAD & SCHERER, LLP, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 23, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Anthony Davis, III , Benjamin T. Presley , Huey Thomas Wells, III , Starnes Davis Florie, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Sara Elizabeth Kropf , Law Office of Sara Kropf PLLC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William T. Paulk, II , Spotswood Sansom & Sansbury, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Bruce Stephen Rogow , Bruce S. Rogow, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Eric David Bonner , John W. Clark, Jr. , Bradley J. Smith , Clark Hair & Smith, PC, Birmingham, AL, Albert L. Frevola, Jr. , Scherer & Marx, PLLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WILSON, JILL PRYOR and BARTLE, Circuit Judges.


Drummond, Inc., sued Conrad & Scherer, LLP ("C&S"), a law firm, and its partner, Terrence Collingsworth, for defamation. In this appeal, C&S seeks interlocutory review of the district court's order concluding that the crime-fraud exception could defeat the firm's and Collingsworth's assertions in discovery...

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