The Florida Supreme Court ruled against Cozen O’Connor, who must face the consequences of violating mediation confidentiality. The underlying violation occurred in the Miami-Dade Circuit Court, where Cozen argued that its client, Lexington Insurance Co., should not pay plaintiffs counsel, Mintz Truppman, more than $828,000 in attorney fees.

Timothy H. Crutchfield, a partner at Mintz in Miami, said those consequences are the result of the Supreme Court finding that Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal erred in its issuance of a writ of prohibition. He said the Third DCA tried to prevent the circuit court from exercising jurisdiction over claims that Cozen argued Mintz was collaterally estopped from advancing.

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