GAROFALO v. PROSKAUER ROSE LLP

No. 4D17-2398.

253 So.3d 2 (2018)

Stephen A. GAROFALO, Lori Garofalo, Louisiana Partners Fund, LLC, Baton Rouge Partners Fund, LLC and New Orleans Partners Fund, LLC, Appellants, v. PROSKAUER ROSE LLP, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 1, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. McKenzie, III , W. Ralph Canada, Jr. , and Jeven R. Sloan of Loewinsohn Flegle Deary Simon, LLP, Dallas, Texas, for appellants.

Matthew Triggs of Proskauer Rose LLP, Boca Raton, and David M. Lederkramer and Elise A. Yablonski of Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, for appellee.


The length of time a law firm can be held liable for an alleged fraudulent tax shelter is challenged in this appeal. The plaintiffs appeal a final order dismissing their complaint with prejudice based on the fraud statute of repose. They argue the trial court erred in dismissing the complaint because the law firm had an ongoing continuing...

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