DEBRINCAT v. FISCHER

No. SC15-1477.

217 So.3d 68 (2017)

Richard DEBRINCAT, et al., Petitioners, v. Stephen FISCHER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Morris of the Law Offices of Paul Morris, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Petitioners.

John Marshall Jorgensen and Stephen Brian Bull of Scott, Harris, Bryan, Barra & Jorgensen, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, for Respondent.

Franklin Lewis Zemel , Susan Eileen Trench , and Ariel Rebecca Deray of Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Amicus Curiae American Federated Title Corporation.

Philip Mead Burlington of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Florida Justice Association.


The Fourth District Court of Appeal in Fischer v. Debrincat, 169 So.3d 1204 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015), held that the litigation privilege did not bar the filing of a malicious prosecution claim that was based upon the act of adding a party defendant to a civil suit. We have jurisdiction...

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