The Daily Business Review reports that the Florida Supreme Court entered new rules that experts said are intended to speed up the resolution of civil actions. Effective July 1, the new rules allow litigants to notify the clerk that a matter for a judge to rule on has been pending for over 60 days.
Jake Monk, an Insurance partner in the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, spoke to the DBR about the rule changes.
“These are common sense changes that the Supreme Court has made,” he said. “So instead of the beginning of the timeframe being calculated by the filing of the complaint, the timeframe starts to run when the last defendant was served with the complaint.”
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About Jake Monk
Jake Monk is a litigation partner in the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member of the Insurance Law and Appellate Practice Groups. Jake regularly represents insurance carriers and other corporations, defending them in trial and appellate matters throughout the state and federal court systems.