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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">That suggests to me that this was not the first (or second or third…) time this tactic has been tried with this judge….. (or perhaps with other judges since, as they remind us from time to
time – they do talk to each other). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b style="font-size: 9pt;"><br><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bruce Partington | Shareholder</span><br style="font-family: Arial;"></b><a href="mailto:bpartington@clarkpartington.com" style="font-size: 9pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 173, 238); font-family: Arial;">bpartington@clarkpartington.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 173, 238); font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">| </span><a href="tel:(850) 432-1399" style="font-size: 9pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 173, 238); font-family: Arial;">(850) 432-1399</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"><font color="#00adee" style="font-family: Arial;"> <br style="font-family: Arial;"></font></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Board Certified Specialist in Construction Law</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bolder;">CLARK PARTINGTON</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b><br></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Office: (850) 434-9200 | Fax: (850) 432-7340<br></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">125 East Intendencia Street, 4th Floor <br></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Pensacola, Florida 32502<br></span><a href="https://clarkpartington.com/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(2, 178, 238);">clarkpartington.com</span></a></p><p><img src="cid:clarkpartington-logo-rgb_screen-02-1_123bd44c-b20f-48cc-ab92-ad988cf14c5f.png" border="0" id="0.1k99tqqk6qk" alt="ClarkPartington-logo-RGB_Screen-02-1.png" width="288" height="64" style="width: 288px; height: 64px;"></p><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org <constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>RPPTL constructionlaw<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 21, 2025 5:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] Repudiation of Disposition Agreed to at Good-Faith Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you all for your private but illuminating counsel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Plot twist—today, the Court
<i>sua sponte</i> sanctioned the offending lawyers, ordering the firm—not their client—to pay all attorneys’ fees we incurred as a result of their repudiation of our prior agreement.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Vapors cured…(***letting go of erstwhile clutched and now sweaty pearls***)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>RPPTL constructionlaw<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 19, 2025 2:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org">constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL-constructionlaw] Repudiation of Disposition Agreed to at Good-Faith Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Not to clutch any pearls, but anyone ever had this happen?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You file a motion and set it for hearing.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Opposing counsel (not a member of this committee, obvi) call immediately before the hearing and agree to your motion’s being granted.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You confirm that agreement by email.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You cancel the hearing.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You prepare and forward to opposing counsel a simple proposed Order merely granting the motion (as agreed).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Opposing counsel initially advise that they agree to your Order, subject to confirmation.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">After a some time goes by, opposing counsel refuse to agree to your Order.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Opposing counsel instead propose a slightly different Order.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You agree to opposing counsel’s Order.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Opposing counsel then refuse to agree to entry of their own Order, saying they’ve “reconsidered.”<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Among other things, we’ve filed a motion to enforce the agreed disposition and have set both it and the original motion for hearing but, in the process, have lost four months (due to the court’s
unavailability). In researching the former, we’ve found no similar circumstance in the jurisprudence. Accordingly, we couched our enforcement motion in terms of (and relying on authorities relating to) enforcement of
<i>settlements</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please reply (only to me) if you or a loved one have encountered or suffered such perfidy, whether an enforcement motion was the balm, and/or if you’re aware of any more-relevant or more-persuasive
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">My having never encountered such treachery, my delicate sensibilities burn from this most egregious offense and, I
<i>do</i> declare, I have surely contracted a debilitating case of the vapors (***clutching pearls***)…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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