O'Connell, Erin, Peterfriend, William J.

Motion to Strike Pleadings for Fraud on the Court

Fort Lauderdale Managing Partner William Peterfriend, Esq., Senior Associate Erin O’Connell, Esq., and Appellate Partner Daniel Weinger, Esq. obtained a favorable result when the court granted Defendant’s Motion to Strike Pleadings for Fraud on the Court.  In the matter styled Sultan v. Verdes Tropicana, Inc.,  Plaintiff, Diane Sultan, was claiming injuries and damages stemming from a slip and fall in a bowling alley due to an alleged malfunction of a Keigel Ion lane machine, which Plaintiff claimed dropped oil when being moved from one lane to the next.  Plaintiff claimed that oil dripped and was the cause of her fall while bowling in a league at the Defendant, Verdes Tropicana, Inc.’s bowling alley. Read more