In Re: Amendments to The Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, Case No. SC17-152 (Fla. 2018).
The Rules of Appellate Procedure are amended to provide more uniform treatment of appeals from county court to circuit court, to permit non-final appeals regarding whether a settlement agreement is unenforceable or to disqualify counsel, but a rule requiring three judgment panels in all county to circuit court appeals is rejected.
In Re: Amendments to The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, Case No. SC17-882 (Fla. 2018).
The Rules are amended to provide that service by email is the same as hand delivery.
Garcia-Mathies Interiors, Inc. v. Peré, Case No. 3D17-882 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018).
A party must be given an opportunity to contest the striking of pleadings, even when it appears obvious the party has not complied with previous court orders to produce digital discovery in native, non-altered format.
Villamizar v. Luna Capital Partners, LLC, Case No. 3D18-112 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018).
Just because anunrelated purchaser of real estateis aware the seller owesmoney to others is not indicative of a fraudulent scheme to convey away assets beyond the reach of the party seeking damages against the seller, and the fact that a priorlis pendens on the property was discharged does not change the conclusion.
Santiago v. U.S. Bank National Association, Case No. 5D18-2470 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018).
A party is not prohibited from seeking the release of original documents held in a court file,and need not prove the merits of its underlying claim tied to the documents before obtaining the release.