Miami Dade College v. Nader + Museu I, LLLP
The Third DCA reversed two orders denying Miami Dade College's motions to set off its larger, unpaid DOAH-based fee judgment against Nader's smaller appellate attorney's fee judgment. The court held setoff of competing judgments is proper even when the judgments arise from separate lawsuits, that a pre-existing judgment takes priority over attorney charging liens attaching to a later judgment, and that a prior denial for 'lack of jurisdiction' is not a merits ruling triggering collateral estoppel.
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