In their Medical Malpractice column, Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore's Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier review a recent Second Department decision holding that a plaintiff is required to establish ...

After receiving briefs from both parties and ten amicus curiae briefs, the Court heard oral argument on October 8, 2020. On December 31, 2020, the Court prospectively amended Rule 1.510(c) and adopted ...

This amendment will have a significant impact on the courts as the summary judgment motion avoids unnecessary and expensive trials or may even simplify a trial by making the process more economical.

Justices, in a 6-1 ruling, decided to scrap a state standard for determining whether lower-court judges should grant summary judgment in civil lawsuits. The Supreme Court said Florida should align ...

Last year, the Florida Supreme Court signaled its intention to adopt the summary judgment standard articulated in the Celotex trilogy, by directing the parties in Wilsonart, LLC v. Lopez, SC19-1336, ...

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