Submitted by Carri Leininger on 01 Apr, 2019
Appellate counsel well-versed in state court rules can be blind-sided by the tight deadlines and limits on extensions for filing briefs in federal court. The appellant’s Initial Brief is typically due within 40 days after record is docketed. Fed. R. App. P. 28.1 (f). An appellee will have thirty days…
Submitted by Robert Gregory on 04 Feb, 2019
In a recent case out of the Third District Court of Appeals here in Florida, the court was tasked with determining which aspects of a homeowner’s claim would fall under the Appraisal provision. The case, Garcia v. People’s Trust Insurance Company, centered around a roof leak at…
Submitted by Jessica Glickman on 04 Jan, 2019
Recently Judge Byron issued a lengthy opinion dismissing a civil rights claim in its entirety against the City of Orlando and one of its police officers in the case of Aracena v. Gruler et. al., No. 6:18-cv-9320Orl-40KRS, 2018 WL5961040 *1 (M.D. Fla. Nov. 14, 2018). The lawsuit arose out of…