Submitted by Jessica Gregory on 05 Dec, 2017
The U.S. Southern District of Florida has made amendments to its local rules, effective December 1, 2017. One of these amendments includes changes to Rule 16.1(b)(2)(k) regarding what the parties must include in their pretrial scheduling reports when it comes to electronic discovery. Pursuant to the amended local rules, during…
Submitted by Jessica Glickman on 27 Nov, 2017
Miami- Dade County v. Wanda Jones, No. 3D16-226, 2017 WL 5162706, at* 1 (Fla. 3rd DCA Nov. 8 2017). The Third District Court of Appeal recently wrote an opinion in Miami- Dade County v. Wanda Jones that provides an excellent illustration of the notice requirement in slip and fall…
Submitted by Carri Leininger on 27 Nov, 2017
With Robert Gregory In State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. All Family Clinic of Daytona Beach, Inc., the circuit court in Volusia County ruled that an insurance carrier does not waive defenses related to reasonableness of charges by utilizing an auto-pay process when issuing payment. The case involved a…