by Dan Bushell | Aug 1, 2013 | Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court, General Civil Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Products Liability, Tort/Injury Litigation
People make mistakes. Even lawyers. Even judges. We are all human after all, and to be human is to be fallible. In the pressure-packed environment of a trial or hearing, the probability that a mistake will be made is even greater. Part of the job of an appellate...
by Dan Bushell | Apr 16, 2013 | Constitutional Litigation, Courts, Criminal Law, Family Litigation, Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court, General Civil Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Probate Litigation, Products Liability, Real Estate & Foreclosure Litigation, Tort/Injury Litigation
In the past few years, the strangest things have started appearing in appellate decisions: images. That has been seen as so revolutionary that it has been widely covered in the legal press, with 7th Circuit opinions authored by Judge Richard Posner (as is often the...
by Dan Bushell | Nov 7, 2012 | Courts, Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court
The Florida Supreme Court justices and District Court of Appeal judges who were up for retention votes this year had a great day yesterday. Congratulations go out to all of the retained justices and appellate judges: Florida Supreme Court: Justice R. Fred Lewis...
by Dan Bushell | Aug 12, 2012 | Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court, General Civil Litigation
The Supreme Court of Florida has created quite a stir among the less tech-savvy members of the legal community (and who don’t practice in federal court) with its June 2012 announcement that Florida courts are about to join the electronic age. Preparation for...
by Dan Bushell | Oct 2, 2011 | Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court, Products Liability
It’s been almost 5 years since the Florida Supreme Court issued its grand compromise decision in Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc., 945 So. 2d 1246 (Fla. 2006). As contemplated by that decision, many individual suits have been filed by Engle class...
by Dan Bushell | Sep 18, 2011 | Criminal Law, Florida District Courts of Appeal
The Fourth District Court of Appeal handed down quite a few reversals in criminal cases last week, with Santisteban v. State, No. 4D09-229, the most unusual one I’ve read in a while. The decision addresses 3 uncommon issues: (1) Is it proper for a judge...