An attorney for the Miccosukee Tribe cannot assert sovereign immunity to avoid being deposed about legal fees generated in a wrongful death case that produced an unpaid $3.2 million judgment against two members of the tribe, an appellate court ruled Wednesday.
The Third District Court of Appeal ruled Miami-Dade Judge Ronald Dresnick did not err in denying the tribe’s motion for a protective order and to quash a subpoena to depose the tribe’s general counsel, Miami attorney Bernardo Roman III. The tribe claimed Roman could assert sovereign immunity to avoid testifying.
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