Florida Business Litigation Legal Questions

Regardless of whether the co-payee is a bank or not, your "feeling" does not matter if the check was, in fact, not properly indorsed by them. The absence of a required indorsement (or fraud in such an indorsement) renders the item not properly payable. It is impossible to tell the complete circumstances of this situation from your inquiry, but it appears that you should consult with an attorney to review the complete chain of events.... Read More

These kinds of circumstances happen fairly frequently. Unfortunately, since the offer of employment was to a job from which your wife could have been fired on an "at will" basis, there are no actionable damages that accrue from her not receiving the original job that was offered. I note also that your wife is still employed there and has not lost any wages.... Read More

Many states have special rules that provide for the manner of service on out-of-state residents, including by certified mail and other means that are reasonably calculated to cause the defendant to receive actual notice of the pendency of the lawsuit. In other cases, the plaintiff may apply for and obtain a court order permitting service by other means, which may include email, posting on Facebook, publication in a newspaper, or anything else the court deems sufficient. There is absolutely no reason to assume, as you do, that only in-hand personal service will suffice. In this case, you have actual notice. You will ignore the complaint at your peril.... Read More

This is going to be a hard order to fill. Normally, when there is multistate litigation, the litigant hires a primary attorney in the state which is the focus of the case, and then that attorney affiliates with a local attorney in the remote state. What is the reason why you must have a single attorney admitted to the bar in both states?... Read More