GARY B. CROUCH
v.
BRIANA BRUMER
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Gary Crouch appeals a post-judgment order denying his motions to impose sanctions against Brumer and others for allegedly violating a confidentiality agreement by filing certain documents. The trial court ruled that filing documents into a sealed court record did not violate the confidentiality agreement's restrictions on disclosure. The appellate court affirmed, finding no abuse of discretion.
The court held that filing documents into a sealed court record does not violate a confidentiality agreement that restricts access to those documents as "attorney's eyes only." The trial court's denial of sanctions was affirmed as within its discretion.
[1] Filing documents into a sealed court record does not violate a confidentiality agreement restricting access to those documents when the filings are made into a sealed jud…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“because Appellees had filed the documents into a record that had been sealed by various court orders, these filings – into a sealed record – did not violate the Order or the Agreement”
The trial court's core reasoning for denying sanctions: filing into a sealed record does not violate a confidentiality agreement restricting access.
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Opinion filed October 30, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D24-0287 Lower Tribunal No. 18-26405
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Gary B. Crouch,
Appellant,
vs.
Briana Brumer, et al.,
Appellees.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Jose M. Rodriguez, Judge. Michael Compagno, P.A., and Michael Compagno (West Palm Beach), for appellant. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, and David Gersten and John T. Mills, for appellees. Before EMAS, SCALES, and LOBREE, JJ. PER CURIAM. Appellant Gary B. Crouch challenges a post-judgment order denying his two October 13, 2022 motions to impose sanctions on Appellees Briana Brumer and JB Kelly, LLC, as well as on Appellees’ trial counsel. Appellant argues that Appellees’ filing of certain documents in this case violated the parties’ non-disclosure and confidentiality agreement (the “Agreement”) – approved by the trial court on September 22, 2020 (the “Order”) – which restricted access to those filings “for attorney’s eyes only.” After conducting a non-evidentiary hearing on Appellant’s sanctions motions, the trial court determined that, because Appellees had filed the documents into a record that had been sealed by various court orders, these filings – into a sealed record – did not violate the Order or the Agreement. Perceiving no abuse of discretion1 in the trial court’s ruling, we affirm.
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