Pavone & Fonner, LLP v. Willis CA4/1
Pavone & Fonner, LLP (P&F) appeals from an order denying a preliminary injunction that it sought in its lawsuit asserting claims of theft, conversion and receiving stolen property against Jerne Willis (Jerne) and McCall Prentice (McCall), who received funds from a sale of real property by their sister, Myzsa Willis (Myzsa). As a basis for its claims, P&F alleges that the real property sold by Myzsa was subject to a lien held by P&F to secure payment for attorney fees owed by Myzsa to P&F, and that Jerne and McCall wrongly received the funds knowing of P&F's lien. At issue in this appeal is the denial of a preliminary injunction against Jerne and McCall that would have enjoined them from "divesting themselves of the funds [from the sale of the real property] and/or transferring, encumbering or disposing of any assets obtained from those funds."
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