Appellate
At DRC Law, our attorneys leverage extensive experience and a deep understanding of appellate practice to preserve favorable trial outcomes or effectively challenge unfavorable ones. Our appellate division is skilled in handling appeals in various District Courts of Appeal in Florida and the Supreme Court of Florida, contributing to establishing new legal precedents benefiting the design professional community.
Our approach is meticulous and strategic, ensuring every appeal is handled with expertise and dedication. We take pride in our thorough research, compelling legal writing, and persuasive oral advocacy, which have consistently yielded positive results for our clients.
A sampling of previous appeals includes:
Reversal of trial court order denying arbitration to the architect in suit by successor in interest to commercial property management company. The court held that the plaintiff was stopped from repudiating contract obligations in the professional malpractice claim it brought against the architect, where, simultaneously, the successor sought to avoid the application of the arbitration clause contained in the architectural services contract; it sought to impose liability under other contract provisions. Giller v. Cafeteria of South Beach Ltd., LLP, 967 So. 2d 240 (Fla. 3d Dist. Ct. App. 2007).
Reversal of trial court order permitting the wife to intervene in a suit between business partners where one partner’s house had previously been held as an asset of the partnership and canceling his quitclaim deed to himself and his wife as tenants in the entirety as a fraudulent conveyance. Burt vs. Buchman, 943 So.2d 208 (Fla. 3d Dist. Ct App., 2006)
Summary judgment for engineer threshold inspector affirmed in wrongful death case brought by the estate of decedent workman after a construction accident, finding the engineer not liable for steel constructor’s safety techniques or means and methods of construction based on worker’s compensation statute and engineer’s contract. Abramson v. Professional Engineering & Inspection Co., Inc., 908 So.2d 1077 (Fla. 4th Dist. Ct, App. 2005)
Order granting class action certification to homeowners complaining of design and construction defects affirmed where the developer had alleged homeowners’ contracts prohibited class action certification—bonded Builders Service Corp. v. Dowlatram, 891 So.2d 1216, 1217 (Fla. 3d Dist. Ct. App. 2005).
Whether you seek to uphold a trial court's favorable ruling or challenge an unjust outcome, DRC Law's appellate team is committed to achieving your best possible result.