by Dan Bushell | Jul 25, 2011 | Florida District Courts of Appeal, Insurance Coverage, Tort/Injury Litigation
It’s hard to confuse the First District Court of Appeal of Florida (in Tallahassee) with its namesake in California. It’s even harder to confuse with that court’s San Francisco neighbor, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The 9th...
by Dan Bushell | Jul 12, 2011 | Florida Supreme Court, Products Liability, Tort/Injury Litigation
Long before foreclosure lawsuits flooded Florida court dockets, chief judges here and throughout the country were fretting over how to deal with the even more daunting “asbestos-litigation crisis” [Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor, 521 U.S. 591, 597...
by Dan Bushell | Jul 4, 2011 | Criminal Law, Family Litigation, Florida Supreme Court, General Civil Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Probate Litigation, Products Liability, Real Estate & Foreclosure Litigation, Tort/Injury Litigation
Real electronic filing may finally make its way to Florida courts in the not-too-distant future. But before that happens, the Florida Supreme Court wants to make sure that there isn’t too much private information in court filings for the public to access....
by Dan Bushell | Jun 27, 2011 | Florida Supreme Court, Tort/Injury Litigation
It must be a trial lawyer’s worst nightmare. You’re in the middle of the trial you spent months preparing for. Your opening went well. Your witnesses are doing great. You can see that your client’s case is resonating with the jury. Your clients are...