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Summary Judgments Entered in Favor of Defendant Affirmed in Four Combined Appeals

Caryn Bellus, of our Miami office, and Jacqueline M. Bertelsen, of our Orlando office, obtained an affirmance of summary judgments entered in four cases (combined on appeal) involving claims of toxic torts.  In Fauteux v. Country Club at Woodfield, Inc., 2022 WL 481425, 2022 WL 480959 (Fla. 4th DCA Feb. 17, 2022) and Desroches v. Country Club at Woodfield, Inc., 2022 WL 480962, 2022 WL 480950 (Fla. 4th DCA Feb. 17, 2022), the plaintiffs sued our client, the owner of a spa and the employer of the plaintiffs, and its contractor for damages allegedly suffered from the inhalation of toxic fumes during remodeling of the spa facility.  The trial court excluded the plaintiffs’ expert, a toxicologist, as the expert’s testimony failed to meet the requirements of Daubert, and entered summary judgment for the defendants, leading to the plaintiffs’ unsuccessful appeal.

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