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. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ~ '
NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY,
FLORIDA
CASE NO. 75-565 CA
JOHN B. SULLIVAN, M.D. . ~
Plaintiff, .
vs. •
JOHN Y. SKEENS; JAMES I. TERRY; . _
FEE, PARKER & LLOYD, P.A.; BECK-
HAM & McALILEY, Attorneys at .
Law; and LAW OFFICES RENTZ,
MCCLELLAN & HAGGARD, •
Defendants. .
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THI~ CAUSE came on for hearing upon the motion of the
Defendants, FEE,.PARKER & LLOYD, P.A., under Rule 1.380, Florida
Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Court having considered the
deposition of ROBERT M. MONTGOMERY, JR., the pleadings filed here-
in, and the legal arguments of the parties, and it appearing to the
Court as follows:
i That ROBERT M. MONTGOMERY, JR_ is an Attorney at Law,
~ practicing in West Palm Beach, Florida, and at one time defended
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a JOHN B. SULLIVAN, M.D, in the medical malpractice suit of JAMES I.
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~ TERRY vs. JOHN B. SULLIVAN. In the present suit, filed by DR.
SULLIVAN against FEE, PARKER & LLOYD, P.A „ and others, it is
~ alleged that the suit against DR. SULLIVAN on behalf of JAMES I.
~ TERRY was filed without any probable cause and was false and un-
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~ true. Upon deposition, the witness, ROBERT M. MONTGOMERY, JR.,
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$ testified that he had defended DR. SULLIVAN in said medical mal-
~ practice suit for a period of some thirty days and had consulted
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~ with orthopedic surgeons not connected with the TERRY case, in
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regard to the possible or probable negligence on the part of DR.
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~ SULLIVAN in treating JAI~S I. TERRY and had written a memorandum
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