In this article on Rule 1.201, the Florida Bar News highlights a few of the changes included in the new complex litigation rule. And also highlights the opinions of those who opposed the rule change: The three dissenting justices sided with the Bar’s Rules of Civil Procedure Committee, which unanimously opposed the complex litigation rule,… Read more
James Wyman explains in the most recent edition of the Florida Bar Journal that: “while the rules of civil procedure themselves do not authorize motions for rehearing directed to nonfinal orders, a trial court does have the inherent authority to reconsider and alter or retract such orders prior to the entry of final judgment. Rather… Read more
In Cabrera v. Pazosthe Second DCA found that “once a party files a proper rule 1.440(b) notice that a matter is ready for trial, it is the court’s duty to set the cause for trial. See Young, 730 So. 2d at 766 (“[I]t is the trial court’s responsibility to enter an order setting a date for trial,… Read more