LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson’s feuding former Las Vegas trial lawyers have settled a breach-of-contract lawsuit in federal court in Nevada and their slander claim in Florida state court.
But the imprisoned former football star’s ex-lawyer from Miami, Yale Galanter, and one of Simpson’s current attorneys in Nevada still have one dispute remaining.
Galanter confirmed Thursday that a Miami defamation case remained active against Simpson attorney Malcolm LaVergne in Las Vegas.
Regarding the other claims, terms of agreements between Galanter and attorneys Gabriel Grasso and Joshua Tomsheck weren’t disclosed.
Each noted that a June 4 filing dismissing a breach of contract dispute in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas and a May 29 filing voluntarily dismissing the defamation and slander claim against Grasso and Tomsheck in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court contained confidentiality clauses.
The Miami case alleges that Galanter’s reputation in the Florida legal community was harmed by comments in April 2012 about Grasso’s allegations that Galanter failed to pay him promised legal fees in the Simpson case.
The root of the dispute between Simpson’s lawyers was Grasso’s contention that Galanter stiffed him of a promised $250,000 fee for serving as local attorney after Simpson’s arrest in September 2007 and through his trial