The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure are intended to “secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action.”[1] The Florida Constitution, however, mandates that “[t]he right to trial by jury shall be secure to all and remain inviolate.”[2] This tension between an efficient court system, on one hand, and protecting one’s right to a jury of his or her peers, on the ...
Rules & Standards - The Florida Bar
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Florida Rules of Court Procedure: Florida Rules of Court Procedure arranged by area of law. Florida Standard Jury Instructions : Standard Jury Instructions for each type — Civil, Contract and Business, Criminal, and Jimmy Ryce (Involuntary Civil Commitment) cases — are prepared by the Florida Supreme Court Standard Jury Instructions ...
Supreme Court adopts rules for remote proceedings - The Florida Bar
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The opinion, In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, Florida Probate Rules, Florida Rules of Traffic Court, Florida Small Claims Rules, and Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, Case No. SC21-90, can be found here.
Cool Change: Evolution and Explanation of New Florida Rule of Civil ...
While “paper” discovery demands production of responsive “documents,” in today’s reality, “documents” mainly exist in your client’s — or an opposing party’s — digital world. Until recent amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, trial courts generally applied discovery rules created for the physical world to digital problems. Specifically, Florida’s spoliation ...
Civil Procedure Rules Committee Materials
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Reconsideration or Rehearing: Is There a Difference? - The Florida Bar
Ask any civil trial lawyer in Florida how many days one has to move for rehearing of an order simply granting a motion for summary judgment, and the odds are good the lawyer will respond, “Ten days.” Pursue the matter further with the lawyer, and ask where this 10-day period is set forth in the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, and the lawyer will invariably point to Rule 1.530, which by ...
Civil Procedure Rules amendments
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Civil Procedure Rules amendments The Florida Bar’s Civil Procedure Rules Committee has filed with the Florida Supreme Court its regular-cycle report of proposed amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. The committee proposes amendments to rules 1.380 (Failure to Make Discovery: Sanctions); 1.420 (Dismissal of Actions); 1.431 (Trial Jury); and 1.510 (Summary Judgment); and forms 1. ...
Civil Jury Instructions - The Florida Bar
The instructions in this section are based upon the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 (FCRA), which makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, handicap, or marital status. ... and that is the only form of verdict provided in the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. See ...
The 1996 Amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442 ...
In an effort “to reconcile, where possible,” the often confusing and contradictory set of statutes, rules, and cases that govern offers of judgment in Florida, the Florida Supreme Court recently amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442. 1 The amendment culminates a decade of activity regarding the issue. Since 1986, the Florida Legislature has enacted and amended F.S. §768.79 and has ...
Depositions, Errata Sheets, Reopening, and Termination - The Florida Bar
Rule 1.310(e) of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure permits a witness to review his or her deposition testimony and make corrections to both the form and substance of the testimony. In Motel 6, Inc. v. Dowling , 595 So. 2d 260 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992), and Feltner v.