IN RE AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE

No. SC20-1490.

317 So.3d 72 (2021)

IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 1.510.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evelyn Fletcher Davis on behalf of Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Jennifer Marie Voss , Tampa, Florida, and Daniel B. Rogers on behalf of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Miami, Florida; Patiick F. Clark of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia; Charles E. Bailes III on behalf of ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, Orlando, Florida; Frank Cruz-Alvarez of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP on behalf of Associated Industries of Florida, Florida Insurance Council, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., American Property Casualty Insurance Association, Washington Legal Foundation, AdvaMed—Advanced Medical Technology Association, Florida Defense Lawyers Association, DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar, International Association of Defense Counsel, Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, American Tort Reform Association, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Miami, Florida; Derek J. Angell on behalf of Bell & Roper, P.A., Orlando, Florida; Charles S. Caulkins on behalf of Fisher & Phillips LLP, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Matthew Penland on behalf of Cypress Truck Lines, Jacksonville, Florida; Dinah Stein and Mark Hicks of Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., on behalf of The Doctors Company and the Florida Medical Association, Miami, Florida; Rafael E. Martinez , Thomas Earle Dukes III , Mary Jaye Hall , and Philip F. Moring on behalf of McEwan, Martinez, Dukes & Hall, P.A., Orlando, Florida; Scott A. Cole on behalf of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Miami, Florida; Kenneth S. Armstrong on behalf of Florida Trucking Association, Tallahassee, Florida; Scott B. Albee on behalf of Fulmer, LeRoy & Albee, PLLC, St. Petersburg, Florida; Peter R. Goldman of Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; John W. Weihmuller and Matthew J. Lavisky on behalf of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Tampa, Florida; Jimmy Davis on behalf of Davis Express, Starke, Florida; Philip Fulmer on behalf of Carroll Fulmer Logistics Corporation, Groveland, Florida; Timothy J. Ferguson and Eduardo J. Medina on behalf of Foley & Mansfield, P.L.L.P., Miami, Florida; Karina Bodnieks and Lars O. Bodnieks of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., Miami, Florida; Daniel J. Santaniello and Daniel S. Weinger on behalf of Luks, Santaniello, Petrillo & Cohen, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Dr. Frank Gable , Estero, Florida; Jason M. Hand on behalf of Florida Senior Living Association, Tallahassee, Florida; Kimberly K. Berman , Ryan D. Burns , Alan C. Nash , and Michael A. Packer , Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Bradley P. Blystone and Thomas F. Brown , Orlando, Florida, Michael Archibald and James Patrick Hanratty on behalf of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Jacksonville, Florida; Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Amit Agarwal , Solicitor General, James H. Percival , Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and Jason H. Hilborn , Assistant Solicitor General, on behalf of the State of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida; Austin Carr of Parafinczuk Wolf, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Carol M. Bishop and Rhonda B. Boggess on behalf of Marks Gray, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida; Daniel A. Rock on behalf of Bowman and Brooke LLP, Miami, Florida; Samuel A. Danon , Gustavo J. Membiela , and Jamie Zysk Isani on behalf of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Miami, Florida; Gabrielle R. Mercadante , Eugene P. Murphy , Audrey Elizabeth Dias , and Stephanie N. Williams of Robinson & Cole, Miami, Florida; James C. Pointdexter on behalf of National, Employment Lawyers Association — Florida Chapter, Jacksonville, Florida; Eric B. Jontz of Fishback Dominick, Winter Park, Florida; Jennifer Miller of Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP, Miami, Florida; Amanda Bowen on behalf of Manufacturers Association of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida; Michael R. D'Lugo and Richards H. Ford of Wicker, Smith, O'Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A., Orlando, Florida; Kansas R. Gooden on behalf of Boyd & Jenerette, P.A., Miami, Florida; Jennifer L. Hall on behalf of American Trucking Associations, Arlington, Virginia; Peter W. Zinober on behalf of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Tampa, Florida; William Roppolo , Jodi Avila , and Benjamin Davis on behalf of Baker & McKenzie, LLP, Miami, Florida; David Armellini on behalf of Armellini Express Lines Inc, Palm City, Florida; Edward G. Guedes of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.L., on behalf of Publix Super Markets, Inc., Coral Gables, Florida; Sylvia H. Walbolt , Douglas J. Chumbley , Jeffrey A. Cohen , and Thomas J. Meeks of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Miami, Florida; Wendy F. Lumish of Bowman and Brooke LLP, Miami, Florida, and Quentin F. Urquhart Jr. , on behalf of Lawyers for Civil Justice, Arlington, Virginia; Ceci Culpepper Berman , Chair, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Tampa, Florida, Joshua E. Doyle , Executive Director, and Mikalla Andies Davis , Bar Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida; Jonathan Lee Blackmore on behalf of GrayRobinson, PA., Fort Lauderdale, Florida; William W. Large on behalf of Florida Justice Reform Institute, Tallahassee, Florida; William T. Cotterall on behalf of Florida Justice Association, Tallahassee, Florida; Troy A. Fuhrman on behalf of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa, Florida, and Brian Charles Lea on behalf of Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia; Anne-Marie Estevez of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP on behalf of Retail Litigation Center, Inc., Miami, Florida; George N. Meros Jr. of Shutts & Bowen, Tallahassee, Florida; Reed W Grimm on behalf of Taylor, Day, Grimm & Boyd, Jacksonville, Florida; Joseph S. Van de Bogart of Van de Bogart Law, P.A., and James Burton Murphy, Jr. of James B. Murphy Jr. Mediations on behalf of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Frederick Charles Morello on behalf of Frederick C. Morello, P.A., Daytona Beach, Florida; Mark Wilson on behalf of Florida Chamber of Commerce Litigation and Regulatory Reform Center and Harold Kim on behalf of U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, Washington, District of Columbia; and Scott M. Edson , Washington, District of Columbia, William L. Durham II and Val Leppert of King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia,


This Court recently amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510 to "align Florida's summary judgment standard with that of the federal courts and of the supermajority of states that have already adopted the federal summary judgment standard." In re Amends. to Fla. Rule of Civ. Pro. 1.510, 309 So.3d 192, 192 (Fla. 2020). We gave the...

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