Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gregory Paul Borgognoni , Chair, Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, Borgognoni Law, PL, Coral Gables, Florida; Peter Anthony Sartes, II , Past Chair, Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, Law Offices of Tragos, Sartes & Tragos, Clearwater, Florida; Perry Michael Adair , Vice-Chair, Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., Coral Gables, Florida; Patricia M. Dodson , Vice-Chair, Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, Ponte Vedra, Florida; James Norcross Floyd , Vice-Chair, Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, City Attorney's Office, Tallahassee, Florida; John Wayne Hogan , Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, Terrell Hogan, Jacksonville, Florida; Andrew Hamilton , Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, Andrew Hamilton, P.A., Tampa, Florida; Judge Claudia Rickert Isom , Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, Tampa, Florida; and John F. Harkness, Jr. , Executive Director, and Krys Godwin , Bar Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.
Michael R. Alford , Senior Vice President/Deputy General Counsel, on behalf of Raymond James Financial, Inc., Saint Petersburg, Florida; Moises Melendez of Sedgwick LLP, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Jane Anderson and Andrew Abramovich of Boyd & Jenerette, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida; Mark R. Antonelli of Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & Dimatteo, Coral Gables, Florida; Lewis F. Collins, Jr. of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Tampa, Florida; Michael J. Corso of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., Fort Myers, Florida; Michael Ross D'Lugo and Richards Huff Ford of Wicker Smith O'Hara McCoy & Ford, P.A., Orlando, Florida; Peter Reed Corbin of Ford & Harrison LLP, Jacksonville, Florida; Patrick Edward Quinlan of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida; Richard Paul Pravato of Law Office of Wolf & Provato, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Brett J. Yonon of Law Office of Wolf & Pravato, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Vincent Joseph Pravato of Law Office of Wolf & Pravato, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Brian Harris Malamud of Law Office of Wolf & Pravato, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Stephen Fink , Hollywood, Florida; Walter Gary Meloon , Orlando, Florida; Jose M. Rubio, Jr. , Mascotte, Florida; Sam Arledge , Odessa, Florida; Richard May , Quincy, Florida; John Gory , Ocala, Florida; John Yunker , Osprey, Florida; Alan Chandler , Newberry, Florida; Dannie Griffin , Panama City, Florida; Dan Johnson , Sarasota, Florida; Richard Carroll , Rockledge, Florida; Richard Feagle , Archer, Florida; Cherly Kluesener , Mount Dora, Florida; Steve Hatfield , Sanibel, Florida; Tommy Pippin , Panama City, Florida; Bob Mercer , Orlando, Florida; William Cowherd , Edgewater, Florida; Laura Mitchell , Cantonment, Florida; Tim Loughran , Oviedo, Florida; Jim Rackley, Jr. , Tallahassee, Florida; Lloyd Johnson Sarber, III of Marks Gray, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida; Tim Barter , Bradenton, Florida; Nate Oglesby , Winter Garden, Florida; Jim Dietrich , Saint Cloud, Florida; Jo-Ann Taylor , Islamorada, Florida; Tim Dozier , Zephyrhills, Florida; Sandrine Kouyessein , Port Saint Lucie, Florida; Charles G. Fairbanks, Jr. , Anthony, Florida; Grover McKee, Jr. , Tallahassee, Florida; Pam Willis , Monticello, Florida; Carolina Diaz , Naples, Florida; Bob Nelson , Saint Augustine, Florida; Kjhh Hodges , Pompano Beach, Florida; Mike Jakubowski , North Port, Florida; Judy Powers , West Palm Beach, Florida; Brenda C. Smith , Punta Gorda, Florida; Mike Jensen , Orlando, Florida; Kevin Wheeler , Alva, Florida; Virginia Murphy , East Palatka, Florida; Frank Sweeney , Bradenton, Florida; Brice R. Holladay , Jacksonville, Florida; Michelle Smith , Winter Springs, Florida; Paul Scholer , Miami, Florida; Jack Chason , Tallahassee, Florida; James Baker , Jacksonville, Florida; Jess Dade , Ruskin, Florida; Mark De Jong , Bradenton, Florida; Gary Kallmeyer , Haines City, Florida; Uma Lekhram , Plant City, Florida; Ralph T. Rogers , Milton, Florida; Stephen Jones , Gainesville, Florida; Stephen Stump , Ocala, Florida; Brian Hershberger , Ocala, Florida; Glenn Birket , Orlando, Florida; Jerry E. Pierce , Winter Park, Florida; Steven A. Nisbet , Labelle, Florida; Jay Stees , Dunnellon, Florida; Gordon Koegler of Law Offices of Gordon Koegler, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Scott Marlo Newmark of Carner, Newmark & Cohen, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; David Haase , Lakeland, Florida; Rodger Mena , Lake City, Florida; David Batson, Jr. Tallahassee, Florida; Alan Cody , Fort Myers, Florida; Margaret Bigham , Gulf Breeze, Florida; Terri Alba , Plant City, Florida; Susan Soverns , Hollywood, Florida; Tina M. Noll , Dade City, Florida; Kelley Olson , Tallahassee, Florida; Roy Buncome , Fleming Island, Florida; Bob Dervaes , Yulee, Florida; Nancy J. Goulah , Tampa, Florida; Francis Morton McDonald, Jr. of McDonald Toole Wiggins, P.A., Orlando, Florida; Howard Gardner Butler of Butler Law Group, Jacksonville, Florida; David Robert Heil of David R. Heil, P.A., Winter Park, Florida; James Graber , Longwood, Florida; Jeff Godwin , Indialantic, Florida; John Doble , Odessa, Florida; James Richard Caldwell, Jr. of Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell, P.A., Tampa, Florida; Charles Henry Baumberger of Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso & Spier, P.A., Miami, Florida; Spencer Hal Silverglate of Clarke Silverglate, P.A., Miami, Florida; Tara C.F. Ryan , PhRMA, Washington, District of Columbia; J. David Williams , Progressive Insurance, Mayfield Village, Ohio; James M. Graber, Apopka, Florida; Jonathan Moore , Winter Park, Florida; Robert N. LaFontaine , Fort Myers, Florida; Lynn Hileman , Jacksonville Beach, Florida; Mikaela Olsen , Winter Garden, Florida; Debra Kneiss , Dania Beach, Florida; Terry Cole of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida; Wendy Frank Lumish of Bowman and Brooke LLP, on behalf of Florida Attorneys of Bowman and Brooke LLP, Coral Gables, Florida; Mark Hicks and Mary Joanna Gniadek of Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., Miami, Florida, on behalf of The Doctors Company; Douglas Malcolm McIntosh and Kimberly Kanoff Berman of McIntosh, Sawran & Cartaya, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Dana Brooks Cooper of Barrett, Fasig & Brooks, Tallahassee, Florida; Sean Christopher Domnick of Domnick Cunningham & Whalen, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; Michael John Thomas of Pennington P.A., Tallahassee, Florida; Brian Orr Sutter of All Injuries Law Firm, PA, Port Charlotte, Florida; Thomas Stoneham Edwards, Jr. of Edwards & Ragatz, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, and Courtney Kneece Grimm of Bedell, Dittmar, Devault, Pillans & Coxe, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, and Thomas Edward Bishop of Tanner Bishop, Jacksonville, Florida, on behalf of The Trial Lawyers Section of The Florida Bar; Gary M. Farmer, Sr. of Farmer Jaffe Weissing Edwards Fistos & Lehrman P.L., Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Howard Coleman Coker of Coker, Schickel, Sorenson, Posgay, Camerlengo & Iracki, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida; Joseph B. Jones of Shapiro Law Group, Bradenton, Florida; Jonathan Adam Huth of Murphy Anderson, Jacksonville, Florida; Lawton R. Graves of Murphy Anderson, Jacksonville, Florida; Nicole Tucker Melvani of Murphy Anderson, Jacksonville, Florida; Davis Daniel Balz of Murphy Anderson, Jacksonville, Florida; Gerald Anthony Giurato of Murphy Anderson, Jacksonville, Florida; Niels Murphy of Murphy Anderson, Jacksonville, Florida; William Newton Shepherd of Holland & Knight LLP, West Palm Beach, Florida; Gregory Robert Miller of Beggs & Lane RLLP, Tallahassee, Florida, Pamela Cothran Marsh of Berger Singerman, LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, A. Brian Albritton of Phelps Dunbar, Tampa, Florida, Marcos Daniel Jimenez D'Clouet of McDermitt Will & Emery, LLP, Miami, Florida, Neal Russell Sonnett of Neal R. Sonnett, P.A., Miami, Florida, James E. Felman of Kynes Markman & Felman, Tampa, Florida, Michael S. Pasano of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, Miami, Florida, and Bruce Martin Lyons of Law Offices of Bruce M. Lyons, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Nathaniel Edward Green of Nathaniel E. Green, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Florida; John Allen Attaway, Jr. , Publix Super Markets, Inc., Lakeland, Florida; T. Rankin Terry, Jr. , Fort Myers, Florida; Henry Salas and David Orestes Caballero of Cole Scott & Kissane, P.A., Miami, Florida, on behalf of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.; Kurt Eugene Lee of Kurt E. Lee, PL, Sarasota, Florida; Cecil Pearce , Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of Florida Insurance Council; Daniel A. Murphy of Shapiro, Goldman, Babboni & Walsh, Bradenton, Florida, on behalf of Shapiro, Goldman, Babboni & Walsh; George N. Meros, Jr. and Andy Velosy Bardos of GrayRobinson, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, and William W. Large of Florida Justice Reform Institute, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of Florida Justice Reform Institute; Erin O'Dell O'Brien , Jacksonville, Florida, on behalf of CSX Transportation, Inc.; Craig S. Hudson of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Anthony Hunter Quackenbush of Kelley Uustal Trial Attorneys, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; James William Guarnieri, Jr. of Guarnieri Law Firm, PA, Brandon, Florida; Troy Alan Rafferty of Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, Florida, on behalf of Florida Justice Association; Patrick Stephen McArdle of Grossman Roth & Partridge on behalf of Grossman Roth Yaffa & Cohen, P.A., Sarasota, Florida; Hayden Patrick O'Byrne of K & L Gates, LLP, Miami, Florida; Susan K. Spurgeon of Pennington, P.A., Tampa, Florida; Charles M. Trippe, Jr. , Jacksonville, Florida, on behalf of Carol Ann Licko , Raquel A. Rodriguez , Paul C. Huck, Jr. , Jason B. Gonzalez , Erik M. Figlio , and Jesse M. Panuccio ; E. G. (Gerry) Morris , Austin, Texas, Bruce Lyons , Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Neal R. Sonnett , Miami, Florida, and Jeffrey S. Weiner , Miami, Florida, on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Julianne M. Holt , Tampa, Florida, on behalf of the Florida Public Defender's Association, Inc.; Rodolfo Sorondo, Jr. of Holland & Knight LLP, West Palm Beach, Florida, Roy Carroll Young of Young, Vanassenderp & Qualls, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, and Bill Herrle , Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of The National Federation of Independent Business/Florida and The Florida Chamber of Commerce; John Fletcher Romano of Romano Law Group, West Palm Beach, Florida, on behalf of Romano Law Group; Patrick Alexander Gillen of Newsome Melton, Orlando, Florida; William Carl Ourand, Jr. of Newsome Melton, Orlando, Florida; Laurie J. Briggs , West Palm Beach, Florida; Diana Santa Maria of Law Offices of Diana Santa Maria, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Todd Jordan Michaels of the Haggard Law Firm, Coral Gables, Florida, on behalf of Todd Jordan Michaels and The Haggard Law Firm; Seth Elliot Miller , Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of Innocence Project of Florida, Inc.; Leslie Mitchell Kroeger of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; Robert F. Spohrer of Spohrer & Dodd, Jacksonville, Florida; Robert Mark Brochin of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Miami, Florida; David J. Halberg of David J. Halberg, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida; Belvin Perry, Jr. of Morgan & Morgan, Orlando, Florida; Corinne Cotton Hodak of Corinne C. Hodak, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida; Robert Frank Melton, II of Newsome Melton, Orlando, Florida; Robert Eric Bilik of McGuire-Woods LLP, Jacksonville, Florida, on behalf of McGuireWoods LLP; Michael Jason Winer of the Law Office of Michael J. Winer, Tampa, Florida, on behalf of the Workers' Compensation Section of The Florida Bar; Timothy Michael Moore of Shook Hardy & Bacon, Miami, Florida; Mark Kenneth Delegal of Holland & Knight LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of Chubb, Cook Group Incorporated, The Dow Chemical Company, Eli Lilly and Company, Glaxosmithkline LLC, Metlife, Inc., Novo Nordisk Inc., Smiths Group, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Walgreens, Zimmer Biomet , and American Tort Reform Association; Tiffany Roddenberry of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of American Coatings Association, Inc., Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Boston Scientific Corporation, Brunswick Corporation (Boston Whaler, Sea Ray, Brunswick Commercial & Government Products, and Mercury Marine), Caterpillar, Inc., CSX Transportation, Inc., Deere & Company, Eli Lilly and Company, Ford Motor Company, Georgia-Pacific LLC, Hyundai Motor America, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Company, Inc., Norfolk Southern Corporation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, and Pfizer, Inc.; Matthew Kerry Schwencke , West Palm Beach, Florida, on behalf of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, PA; Gregory William Coleman of Critton Luttier and Coleman, West Palm Beach, Florida, on behalf of Past Presidents of The Florida Bar and other members of The Florida Bar; Dan Cytryn of Law Offices of Cytryn & Velazquez, P.A., Coral Springs, Florida; Eric Harald Faddis and Tiffany Marie Faddis of Faddis & Faddis, P.A., Orlando, Florida; Walter Gordon Campbell, Jr. of Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Brian Christopher Costa of Alvarez, Carbonell, Feltman & Da Silva P.L., Coral Gables, Florida; Stephen George Charpentier of Charpentier Law Firm, P.A., Melbourne, Florida; Edward Vincent Ricci of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida; James Read Holland, II of Harrell & Harrell, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida; Pete Hutchison Brock, II , of Brock Law, LLC, Wesley Chapel, Florida; Daniel H. Perez of Alvarez, Carbonell, Feltman & Da Silva P.L., Coral Gables, Florida; Robert D. Melton of Robert D. Melton P.A., Orlando, Florida; Jack Roy Reiter of GrayRobinson, P.A., Miami, Florida; Stephen Ashley Barnes of Barnes Trial Group, Tampa, Florida, on behalf of Stephen Ashley Barnes and Barnes Trial Group; Howard Kraft Pita of Pita Weber Del Prado, Miami, Florida; William Patrick Geraghty and Daniel Francis Molony of Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Miami, Florida, on behalf of the Florida Attorneys of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.; Gregory Andrew Reed of Simon, Reed & Salazar, P.A., Miami, Florida, on behalf of Simon Reed & Salazar, P.A.; Charles Emmanuel Fombrun of Alvarez, Carbonell, Feltman & Da Silva P.L., Coral Gables, Florida; Morgan Wood Streetman of Streetman Law, Tampa, Florida; Ryan Sean LeMontang of Alvarez, Carbonell, Feltman & Da Silva P.L., Coral Gables, Florida; Stephen Eugene Mahle of Stephen Mahle, P.A., Boca Raton, Florida; Elizabeth Walker Finizio of Finizio & Finizio, PA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Stephen Watrel of Steve Watrel, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida; Julie Braman Kane of Colson Hicks Eidson, Coral Gables, Florida; Christina Marrero of Alvarez, Carbonell, Feltman & Da Silva P.L., Coral Gables, Florida; The Honorable Garrett Richter , President Pro Tempore, The Florida Senate, Tallahassee, Florida; Robert L. Simmons , Saint Petersburg, Florida, on behalf of Allstate Insurance Company; Kenneth Andrew Stoller , Washington, District of Columbia, on behalf of American Insurance Association; The Honorable Larry Metz , The Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, Florida; David E. Bright , Washington, District of Columiba, on behalf of Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Charles H. Haake, Washington, District of Columbia, on behalf of Association of Global Automakers; Bryan Scott Gowdy of Creed & Gowdy, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida; Carlos Jesus Martinez , Public Defender, and John Eddy Morrison , Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida, on behalf of The Florida Public Defender Association, Inc., Responding with Comments.
