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Case 1:17-mc-00025-RWS Document 10-2 Filed 06/30/16 Page 1 of 29

EXHIBIT B
Case 1:17-mc-00025-RWS Document 10-2 Filed 06/30/16 Page 2 of 29
Filing# 35180835 E-Filed 12/04/2015 03:19:02 PM

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN
AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO.: .CACE 15-000072
BRADLEY J. EDWARDS and PAUL G.
CASSELL,

Plaintiffs,

VS.

ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ,

Defendants.
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PLAINTIFFS, BRADLEY J. EDWARDS AND PAUL CASSELL'S
MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON LIABILITY

Plaintiffs, Bradley J. Edwards, Esq. and Paul G. Cassell, Esq., by and through their

lUldersigned counsel and pursuant to Rule 1.510, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, hereby move

for (1) partial summary judgment on the issue of the false and defamatory nature of the

statements at issue in this defamation case, as well to the presumed damages from those

statements, with respect to both of claims against the Defendant, Alan Dershowitz, and (2) final

summary judgment as to Dershowitz's First Amended Counterclaim against them, and in support

thereof state as follows:

I. INTRODUCTION

As the Court is well aware, this case involves a defamation action filed by two attorneys:

Edwards and Cassell. They contend that the defendant, Alan Dershowitz, defamed them by

repeatedly claiming in worldwide media broadcasts and other widely-disseminated statements

that they had engaged in conspiring ·with their client to make up sexual abuse

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