DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT BRADLEY EDWARDS Appellant JEFFREY EPSTEIN and SCOTT ROTHSTEIN Appellees No November Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Palm Beach County Donald Hafele Judge L.T Case No Philip Burlington of Burlington Rockenbach P.A and William King of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart Shipley P.A West Palm Beach for appellant Paul Morris of The Law Offices of Paul Morris P.A Miami and Tonja Haddad Coleman of Tonja Haddad PA Fort Lauderdale for appellee Jeffrey Epstein WARNER Appellant challenges a summary judgment holding that his malicious prosecution claim against appellee Epstein was barred by the litigation privilege The trial court granted summary judgment based upon Wolfe Foreman So 3d Fla 3d DCA which had decided this issue just before the motion for summary judgment was heard However after the trial court ruled our court held to the contrary in Fischer Debrincat So 3d Fla 4th DCA and certified conflict with Wolfe to the supreme court See also Rivemider Meyer So 3d Fla 4th DCA same As the issue is the same in this case we hold that the litigation privilege does not bar a malicious prosecution The trial court properly relied on Wolfe at the time because that case was binding upon the trial court in the absence of interdistrict conflict See Pardo State So 2d Fla cause of action where all the elements of malicious prosecution are present Epstein suggests that this case could be decided on a tipsy coachman analysis as he alleges that all the elements of the cause of action were not present However the trial court specifically found that material issues of fact remained as to the elements of the claim Based upon the facts presented and the inferences which may be drawn from those facts we will not disturb the trial co1,.1rts evaluation Just as in Fischer and Rivemider we certify that this opinion conflicts with Wolfe Reversed and remanded for furlher proceedings TAYLOR and FORST JJ concur Notfl.nal until disposition of timely filed motion/or rehearing A A 4A E0 A4 DE a qr?q rq qrCX HhL Kg lg d?a d6U a M3 flW y??S m/y t0 I F/Z V/j 1a qC KS u?v vZ O5 a qr rCX qC 0V I I dc rM?M rM 10Cy n??m?n k?o?h I A I w?!ac qr MCX 10Cy ITy qr M3 Ґ??1rA5R h?H?T3P K?z X?K I v"x i X5 EO5 5a r?q CX 9r Cy rq rqC M3 ş?:c p/p0 5H V)V 6T Y2 G5 qrM?r?qr?r9 q?10Cy rCX qr l1 X?l 3K fm?Q Z2f CX CX gT L??T 2E Cy 3P EM3 J4T L?h??M q?ᡚ?Y r??O?rJt CTX X0T1i k3v Jh/e0h1 H(K W/Q0 CTX j?!k 5B r2 CTX A A A 4v z"p A A A0A?A AK CTX A A?!k CX qCX YCX i!d A fi8 l8 yuZ 6L pH m?c sP;0 6ZR Ni P0 0Q X(P0s s(s p0 Pp CTX qq dR B/J Va A N?q qr NEeD K?i N?M?qr EeD k??O I CTX U3 U3 U3 U3 S6 E"L I I I5K7C:I 9O U3 Cn qrr qr q??r?q 9qr CTX G5 qr CX rC l0 WS zN pf1 ODV8L?m jC1DxV CTX CTX A qr 10Cy rYY Ң??P?V CTX C"C rqM?rq?q?qr qr CTX YY Jb?C.y CTX CTX GG4 A A G5 C.C M??r 10Cy rq YY C?J?yO c/XE?lgF GM??H p?ݡG Dp9Oh CTX CTX CJ4 I J6 CJ4 CK qrrM?q qq 9/CX?o CX qYqr rC dd?Z c6S ttcx A CTX CTX 10Cy rq rqYY X?qiX:4 3J Db ZH uD-8 1g?BH I vS 7Oo7u E?K?O J6 UJP U0 UT??ʴ UT UT UT O(p U(u UF1 iZ qr?r CX CX Yr zKW:E A K5M P-M UW VW L1J KJ56 N/Q SQ rC 6J ߵl ߵl 5TZ w8ĥDG oj?K _4 N)?Y Hp pRqc?W26 vz?WBrz?ZB??3X H4 CTX A CTX X4 U5 P8 5D qr qr 10Cy qr YY Mo?ANp D01jJ 9F bzEV 4O 8V CTX O!o CTX KK AA qr A C5 qr rYY 1A?CC V9 a c?F CTX
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