IN RE AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ceci Culpepper Berman , Chair, Tampa, Florida, and Ardith Michelle Bronson , Past Chair, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Miami, Florida; Hon. Olga Maria Gonzalez-Levine , Chair, Plantation, Florida, and Maureen B. Walsh , Past Chair, Small Claims Rules Committee, Jacksonville, Florida; Hon. Stephanie Williams Ray , Chair, and Thomas D. Hall , Past Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Tallahassee, Florida; and Joshua E. Doyle , Executive Director, Mikalla Andies Davis and Krys Godwin , Staff Liaisons, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioners.

G.C. Murray II , Chair, Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, Florida Justice Association, Tallahassee, Florida; William T. Cotterall and Andrew A. Harris of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., on behalf of Florida Justice Association, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida, and Palm Beach County Justice Association, West Palm Beach, Florida; Alexander M. Clem , Andrew Parker Felix , and Steven E. Nauman , Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Orlando, Florida; John Wayne Hogan , Jacksonville, Florida; Ceci Culpepper Berman , Chair, Tampa, Florida, and Ardith Michelle Bronson , Past Chair, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Miami, Florida; Thomas S. Edwards, Jr. of Edwards & Ragatz, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida; Jeffrey M. Hearne , Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., Tenants' Rights Clinic, Miami, Florida, and Natalie N. Maxwell of Three Rivers Legal Services, on behalf of Housing Umbrella Group, Gainesville, Florida, Responding with comments.