Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...Robert Cornfeld assertedly induced Urfirer to waive his interest in LJS by concealing material information that he had a fiduciary duty to disclose. Count III alleged that Urfirer, as a former LJS partner, had a statutory right under Florida Statutes §§ 620.143 and 620.8403 to inspect LJS’s books....

...Count IV was an equitable demand for an accounting from LJS. Count V sought an equitable injunction compelling LJS to disclose its books and records. Count VI alleged that Urfirer, as a former Cambridge shareholder, had a statutory right under Florida Statutes §§ 607.1602, 607.1604, 620.143, and 620.8403 to inspect Cambridge’s books and records....

...requests are appropriate in the context of his fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Count III of Urfirer’s complaint asserts that under Florida law, Urfirer has a statutory right as a former partner to inspect the books and records of LJS. Section 620.8403(2) of the Florida Statutes provides, in pertinent part: The partnership shall provide former partners and their agents and 31  attorneys access to books and records pertaining to the period during which they were partners. Fla. Stat. § 620.8403(2)....

...e district court. We therefore reverse the district court’s grant of summary judgment as to Count III of Urfirer’s complaint and remand for the district court to determine whether Urfirer is entitled to inspect LJS’s records under § 620.8403(2). Finally, Count VI of Urfirer’s complaint asserts that Florida law gives Urfirer the right to inspect Cambridge’s books and records....

...n personal assets, and were therefore outside the scope of the arbitration clause. He also filed a complaint in circuit court, seeking a court order compelling Montgomery to grant him access to the Firm's financial and accounting records pursuant to section 620.8403(2), Florida Statutes (2001)....

...by Montgomery's alleged mismanagement and personal spending. Montgomery moved for summary judgment *817 on these claims. Larmoyeux subsequently filed a motion for partial summary judgment, seeking access to the Firm's books and records as allowed by section 620.8403(2), Florida Statutes (2001), and a determination that Montgomery had breached the Agreement and the statute by denying him access to them....

...Accordingly, we affirm on that issue as well. See Centex-Rooney Constr. Co. v. Martin County, 725 So.2d 1255, 1258 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); see also Brewer v. Solovsky, 945 So.2d 610, 611 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). Affirmed. STEVENSON and TAYLOR, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 620.8403(2), Florida Statutes (2001), states: A partnership shall provide partners and their agents and attorneys access to the books and records of the partnership....