88 results for 'court:"Florida Supreme Court"'.
J. Sasso finds that the court of appeal improperly upheld a verdict favoring a resort in premises liability claims because the error in denying the resort guest a jury challenge potentially contributed to the verdict. Reversed.
Court: Florida Supreme Court, Judge: Sasso, Filed On: December 21, 2023, Case #: SC2022-0984, Categories: Jury, Negligence
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J. Couriel finds that the trial court properly denied the police benevolent association a preliminary injunction to prevent the release of names of officers involved in two separate fatal shootings. Marsy's Law, which was created to protect victims, does not guarantee victims the "categorical right to withhold his or her name from disclosure." Affirmed.
Court: Florida Supreme Court, Judge: Couriel, Filed On: November 30, 2023, Case #: SC2021-0651, Categories: Civil Rights, Public Record, Privacy
J. Couriel finds that the court of appeal properly ruled in claims stemming from a car collision because the dangerous instrumentality doctrine did not support entering judgment exceeding maximum liability against one spouse when the other spouse owned title to the vehicle. Affirmed.
Court: Florida Supreme Court, Judge: Couriel, Filed On: November 16, 2023, Case #: SC2020-1311, Categories: Vehicle, Damages
J. Muniz finds that the court of appeal properly ruled in claims asking whether uninsured motorist payments made after a car collision should be off set by damages awarded in claims stemming from the same collision. "A settlement made by an insurance company on a bad faith claim is not a collateral source" under the ruling statute. Affirmed.
Court: Florida Supreme Court, Judge: Muniz, Filed On: November 2, 2023, Case #: SC2021-1580, Categories: Insurance, Settlements, Contract
Per curiam, the Florida Supreme Court amends the rules of general practice and judicial administration related to public access to and protection of judicial branch records in sealed criminal cases in accordance with recent statutory changes.
Court: Florida Supreme Court, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: October 19, 2023, Case #: SC2023-1320, Categories: Judiciary
Per curiam, the Florida Supreme Court finds that the trial court properly denied defendant's appeal from his murder conviction because defendant failed to demonstrate alleged conditions of autism and post traumatic stress disorder had not been previously diagnosed. Affirmed.
Court: Florida Supreme Court, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: September 14, 2023, Case #: SC2023-0015, Categories: Murder, Sentencing
Per curiam, the Supreme Court of Florida amends traffic court rules by deleting those for Improper Disposition of Traffic Ticket, Sentencing Repeat Offenders, Peremptory Challenges, Procedure on Failure to Appear, Warrant, Notice, and Driver License Revocation (Maintaining List) as obsolete or redundant. Text from a rule relating to contempt proceedings is streamlined and moved to the rule for Direct and Indirect Criminal Contempt.
Court: Florida Supreme Court, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: August 31, 2023, Case #: SC2023-0360, Categories: Administrative Law, Judiciary