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Published daily 14xtdaythrough hide% ear(:* k-galligatlProperres.U.C, 324 tature St, Sute 144 West Palm Bea40B3401 02014 AU4 tally 3thtint's Review (ins 430480) ASSN 0664-87b) him Beech Subsalpdan Rat= Onerar (2,1)1zue - talc Onclikkial ard cmdrkwp 5429clustandscanterliroupatesivabbliNnglecupinOdn-SLBactiswes when avaligett 0144)-$6. ;Wm.:Satz ponage pat atwel Pant Beech. R.. ILK nosier • JACA ALAS G31,D3MENEE 250 S AUSTEXELES AXE STE 1400 WEST PADS 9EACE 33401 5016 267943 s2vrnwopuwx‘nnaufangeratimbillm stmocru3n:),eftumn3 NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEY FEES Radio veterans Firm's attempt to collect file suit over awards program rejected by appeals court MS" SIM Fort Lauderdale-based Radio Dogs Inc. claims it came up with the idea for the illeartRadio Music Awards back in 1991. The original show, called the Radio Music Awards„ aired from 1999 to 2005 and were hosted by Ryan Seacrest on three networks and spon- sored by Clear Channel Communications Inc. The ceremony was .revived this year. Radio Dogs, consisting of serum Searcy Denney partners three South Florida radio Christian Searcy and Jack veterans, filed the trademark infringe" Scarola are the parties attempt- ment lawsuit April 29 in Fort Lauderdale kg to reopen the case, which federal court. settled for $1O.75 million. The Brody family objected SEE AWARDS, PAGE AS An attempt by a West Palm Beach law firm to collect fees in the case of a young man who was severely injured by a Broward sheriff's deputy has been rejected on appeal Nine years after a Broward Circuit Court jury awarded Eric Brody $31 million and six years after the trial court entered final judgment, attorneyswith Searcy, Denney. Scuola, Barnhart & Shipley sought to reopen the case to have the trial court con- sider a charging lien. TROPICAL TRANSFERS Russian buyer purchases Golden Beach mansion See Page A9 Santa to that move, but Broward Circuit • Judge John Murphy LU allowed it. The family appealed to the Fourth District Court of Appeal ' Brody was a high school se- nior in 1998 driv- ing to a part-time job when bis car was T-boxied by a sheriff's deputy doing 70 mph in a 45 mph He was left permanently brain- damaged and disabled. The award was reduced In a settlement to a little over a third of the original amount. SEE FEES, PAGE A4 EFTA00610883 ti a ei SLIVER LAW GROUP sarnemesmeawmom UtGA1301/ Securities and Investment Fraud Lawyers FINRA Arbitration Federal or State Court Litigation 11780 West Sample Road Coral Springs, FL 33065 954.755.4799 Toll Free: ssilver4silverlaw.com In 2012, Gov. RickScott signed a claims bill approving payment for Brody's care; living expenses tr and vocational training. The la' bills were hotly contested and died in several sessions. • Lance Block, who has no direct role in the appeal. is a Tallahassee attorney formerly with Searcy Denney who rep-resented the Brodys at trial. He had no comment on the decision. Block represented the family on its collections efforts. Block told the Miami Herald in 2012 that he agreed with law-makers' objections to paying settlement fees, including $1 million that Searcy Denney paid t a lobbyist to work on Broil behal rather save Eric the $1 million: Blo told the Herald. "I can walk. 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Daniel Rosenthal and David Spector at Akerman in West Palm Beach repre-sented the Brodys. J Michael Burman of Reid Burman in West Palm Beach han-dled the appeal for Searcy Denney. The attorneys had no comment by deadline. The Broward Sheriffs 0fr₹ce is listed as the respondent on the court opinion but is not involved in latest litigaticn, Adolfo Pesqueia can be reached at-get the talk, 11h11 talk, I can get I nd work every day —and Erie can't rather see $1 million than go to some West Palm Beach law firm that didn't do any work on the case' In the unsigned opinion Wednesday, Judges Carole Taylor, Melanie May and Burton Conner noted the charging lien NMS flied more than two years after juris-diction of the case ended with finaljudg-meat, 'and there was no reservation of jurisdiction in that judgment to entertain fees:The court acknowledged equitable circumstances existed that warranted jurisdiction and said Searcy Denney al-reliready has as adequate avenue to seek ef. 'The firm has already commenced a separate, new action against the clients, uoipaias Ainf 794 esuisoD ..-st-1,-% in crmanai au EFTA00610884