By Damon Pichoff In the two separate opinions recently issued in Birge v. Charron and Cevallos v. Rideout (No.’s SC10-1755 and SC09 – 2238, respectively) the Florida Supreme Court fine-tuned the rusty mechanics of the ol’ Rear-End Collision Rule. The Continue Reading …
In spite of each of the Justices winning the retention vote on November 6 with approximately 68% in favor as opposed to 32% against, at least one Florida taxpayer, the Petitioner in Jones v. Detzner, believes the answer to the Continue Reading …
In Keck v. Eminisor the Supreme Court considered whether a non-final order denying a claim of sovereign immunity by an employee of an ‘instrumentality of the state’ for acts committed under the scope of employment could be reviewed on interlocutory Continue Reading …
In Citizens Property Insurance Corporation v. San Perdido Association, the Florida Supreme Court addressed the question of whether a non-final order can be reviewed on interlocutory appeal by the extraordinary writs of certiorari or prohibition. Following Hurricane Ivan, Citizens, a Continue Reading …
