CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. v. LoCASCIO

Nos. 3D10-106, 3D10-130.

59 So.3d 246 (2011)

CARLTON FIELDS, P.A., Appellant, v. Edward J. LoCASCIO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton Fields , and Marsha G. Madorsky ; Miami; Carlton Fields , and Sylvia H. Walbolt and Stephanie C. Zimmerman , St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Austin Carr , Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, WELLS and SALTER, JJ.


SALTER, J.

This is an appeal by a law firm, Carlton Fields, from two orders subordinating its judgment for attorney's fees and costs payable by its client to a later-entered judgment for damages against that client in a separate case. Finding that there is no basis to apply the equitable subordination doctrine, we reverse the orders.

Edward S. LoCascio (Father) was accused, and later convicted, of murdering his wife in 2001. The couple had a son, appellee...

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