No. 19-5437

Ekaterini Alexopoulos v. Steven Goldsmith, P.A., et al.

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2019-08-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: district-court-error duty-to-control duty-to-control-third-person ethics-violation expert-witness federal-rules-of-evidence legal-malpractice rule-702 special-relation standard-of-care
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-11-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court erred in disallowing plaintiff's expert witness testimony regarding ethics violations and its irrelevance to this case which contributed to the verdict, and violated Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. The issue presented by Petitioner's Writ of Certiorari in this legal malpractice case is not whether a properly instructed jury could have ruled in favor of plaintiff but whether the court’s decision to disallow plaintiff's expert witness on the standard of care to explain to the jury in , plain language the ethics violation by a lawyer and its irrelevance to this case affected the jury’s verdict. See Ike J. White III v. Dait A. Beeks, M.D, (TN Supreme Court, 2015), Case No. . £2012-02443-SR-RI 1-CV. ; QUESTION 1: | Whether the District Court erred in disallowing plaintiff's expert witness testimony regarding ethics violations and its irrelevance to this case which contributed to the verdict, and violated Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. . QUESTION 2: Whether the District Court erred in affirming “there is no duty to control the conduct of a : 3rd person (client) as to prevent him from causing physical harm to another, when a special relation exists between the attorney and the other which gives the other a right to protection” in violation of Restatement (Second) of Torts § 315 (1965). i ; PARTIES INVOLVED The parties involved are identified in the style of the case. ii

Docket Entries

2019-11-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
2019-10-28
Reply of petitioner Ekaterini Alexopoulos filed.
2019-10-18
Brief of respondent Steven Goldsmith, P.A., et al. in opposition filed.
2019-10-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 18, 2019.
2019-10-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 11, 2019 to October 18, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-10-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 11, 2019.
2019-09-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 3, 2019 to October 11, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-08-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 3, 2019.
2019-08-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 3, 2019 to October 3, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-05-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 3, 2019)

Attorneys

Ekaterini Alexopoulos
Ekaterini Alexopoulos — Petitioner
Ekaterini Alexopoulos — Petitioner
Steven Goldsmith, P.A., et al.
Diran Vahn SeropianShendell Pollock, Respondent
Diran Vahn SeropianShendell Pollock, Respondent