L-R: Judge Chief Ivan Fernandez, Judge Monica Gordo and Judge Eric Hendon, of Third District Court of Appeal. (Courtesy photos)
Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal entered a per curiam opinion that sanctioned a self-represented attorney litigant in a negligence lawsuit.
And while the per curiam opinion on sanctions—under rules governing motions for rehearing and regulating lawyer statements impugning the qualifications and integrity of judges—were both “soundly reasoned and institutionally prudent,” it was noteworthy for its avoidance on vital issues underpinning them, said Anthony V. Alfieri of the University of Miami School of Law.
Anthony V. Alfieri of the University of Miami School of Law. (Credit: J. Albert Diaz/ALM)
