IN RE AMENDMENTS TO FLA. SMALL CLAIMS RULES

No. SC05-146.

931 So.2d 78 (2005)

In re AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA SMALL CLAIMS RULES (TWO YEAR CYCLE).

Supreme Court of Florida.

As Revised on Denial of Rehearing May 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Honorable Louis Howard Schiff, Chair, Deerfield Beach, Florida, Honorable Pauline Drayton, Past-Chair, Jacksonville, Florida, Small Claims Rules Committee, John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Madelon Horwich, Bar Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

Honorable Shawn Lee Briese, Chair, Supreme Court Commission on Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and Policy, Daytona Beach, FL, and Robert N. Clarke, Jr. of Ausley and McMullen, P.A., Past-Chair, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Tallahassee, FL, for Opponent.

Bruce J. Berman of McDermott, Will and Emery, LLP, Miami, FL, and Henry P. Trawick, Jr., Sarasota, FL, filing Comments.


PER CURIAM.

We have for consideration the biennial report of proposed rule changes filed by the Small Claims Rules Committee (Committee), in accordance with Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.130(c)(4). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

BACKGROUND

The Committee's regular-cycle report proposes amendments to rules 7.080 (Service of Pleadings and Papers Other Than Statement of Claim), and 7.090 (Appearance; Defensive...

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