Civil

If you have a case management conference (otherwise known as a “CMC”) or a Pretrial Conference (otherwise known as a “PTC”) scheduled in your civil case, you may be wondering what to expect.

The State of Florida must have personal jurisdiction over the non-resident in order to properly hear and decide the case.

This article will review how to effectuate original service of process – notifying other party of an action.

This article addresses the different types of discovery in the stage of a civil or commercial litigation case in the state of Florida.

Enter a judgment before the case goes to trial by either the trial court entering summary judgment or the trial court entering a judgment on the pleadings.

An important issue when deciding whether to file a lawsuit is whether the time to file your lawsuit has expired, this is known as statute of limitations.

It is not uncommon in the practice of law for an attorney to timely submit a motion to the court but to allow a substantial amount of time to pass before setting that motion for hearing.  Without a hearing, these motions almost never get decided and the case remains stagnant.  Perhaps this tardiness is a delay tactic or it could just as easily be the result of an honest scheduling conflict. Whatever the case, a recent ruling from Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeals suggests that perhaps attorneys should be more diligent in ensuring that their motions are timely set for hearing.