CHARLOTTE LOVAAS, APPELLANT,

v.

GREGORY LOVAAS, APPELLEE

Citator

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• RLS Bus. Ventures, Inc. v. Second Chance Wholesale, Inc., 784 So. 2d 1194 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001)
  …pecific party. . Florida courts have held that cases interpreting the federal RICO statute, title 18, United States Code, are persuasive as to the meaning of Florida's RICO statute, chapter 895, Florida Statutes. O’Malley v. St. Thomas Univ., Inc., 599 So. 2d 999 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992). In 1986, the civil damages section of chapter 895 was moved to chapter 772, because of problems resulting from the inclusion of a civil damages remedy in a criminal statute. See Ziccardi v. Strother, 570 So. 2d 1319, 1321 (Fla. 2…
• Ruth v. State, 661 So. 2d 901 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995)
  …orida RICO Act is modeled after the federal act; therefore, Florida courts should look to federal courts for guidance in interpreting and applying the state act and should accord great weight to federal decisions. O’Malley v. St. Thomas Univ., Inc., 599 So. 2d 999 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992). There are two federal eases which appear to be on point. In United States v. Real Property Located at 11205 McPherson Lane, Ojai, Cal., 754 F.Supp. 1483 (D.Nev.1991), affd, 32 F. 3d 573 (9th Cir.), cert, dismissed sub nom. Caldwe…
• Palmas Y Bambu, S.A. v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co., Inc., 881 So. 2d 565 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004)
  …991)(emphasis added)(some citations omitted).1 As this court has confirmed, “indirect injuries, that is injuries sustained not as a direct result of predicate acts ... will not allow recovery under Florida RICO.” O’Malley v. St. Thomas Univ., Inc., 599 So. 2d 999, 1000 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992)(adopt-ing the reasoning in O’Malley v. O’Neill, 887 F. 2d 1557 (11th Cir.1989)). [*571] In a civil RICO action predicated upon mail or wire fraud, “[t]he plaintiff has the burden of proving: (1) that the defendant intentiona…

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