By Damon Pichoff In the two separate opinions recently issued in Birge v. Charron and Cevallos v. Rideout (No.’s SC10-1755 and SC09 – 2238, respectively) the Florida Supreme Court fine-tuned the rusty mechanics of the ol’ Rear-End Collision Rule. The
Have Justices Lewis, Pariente, and Quince Properly Retained Their Seats on the Florida Supreme Court?
In spite of each of the Justices winning the retention vote on November 6 with approximately 68% in favor as opposed to 32% against, at least one Florida taxpayer, the Petitioner in Jones v. Detzner, believes the answer to the
Immunity and the Appeal of Non-final Orders, Part II
In Keck v. Eminisor the Supreme Court considered whether a non-final order denying a claim of sovereign immunity by an employee of an ‘instrumentality of the state’ for acts committed under the scope of employment could be reviewed on interlocutory
Immunity and the Appeal of Non-final Orders, Part I
In Citizens Property Insurance Corporation v. San Perdido Association, the Florida Supreme Court addressed the question of whether a non-final order can be reviewed on interlocutory appeal by the extraordinary writs of certiorari or prohibition. Following Hurricane Ivan, Citizens, a