Glenn J. Bailey Columbia County Sheriff Lake City QUESTION: May the sheriff's department purchase, by law (s. 943.25 [5], F. S.), gym equipment, so that law enforcement officers may stay physically fit, from the Minimum Standards School Fund of Columbia County SUMMARY: The governing body of a county may purchase gym equipment for its law enforcement officers from additional cost assessments for law enforcement education expenditures under the Police Standards and Training Commission's interpreta..
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT CHRISTOPHER T. DEAN, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D14-681 [June 29, 2016] Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Karen M. Miller, Judge; L.T. Case No. 50-2005-CF-004089- AXXX-MB. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Paul E. Petillo, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assist..
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-1275 _ IN RE: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CIVIL CASES—REPORT NO. 15-01. [April 21, 2016] PER CURIAM. The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases (Committee) has submitted a report proposing amendments to four existing standard jury instructions and the addition of a new instruction. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. The Committee proposes amending existing instructions 402.4 – Medical Negligence; 501.5 – Other ..
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-1279 _ IN RE: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CIVIL CASES—REPORT NO. 15-02. [April 21, 2016] PER CURIAM. The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases (Committee) has submitted a report proposing amendments to one existing standard jury instruction. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. The Committee proposes replacing the current version of instruction 402.16 (Emergency Medical Treatment Claims), which is relocated to a..
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC15-1275 _ IN RE: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CIVIL CASES—REPORT NO. 15-01. [April 21, 2016] CORRECTED OPINION PER CURIAM. The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases (Committee) has submitted a report proposing amendments to four existing standard jury instructions and the addition of a new instruction. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. The Committee proposes amending existing instructions 402.4 – Medical Negligen..
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC14-1603 _ FLORIDA BANKERS ASSOCIATION, etc., Appellant, vs. FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION, etc., et al., Appellees. _ No. SC14-1618 _ ROBERT REYNOLDS, Appellant, vs. FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION, etc., et al., Appellees. [October 15, 2015] LABARGA, C.J. In these consolidated cases, the Florida Bankers Association (FBA) and Robert Reynolds appeal the judgment of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit, in and for Leon County, validatin..
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC14-277 _ DIANNE L. HAHAMOVITCH N/K/A DIANNE LYNN HAHAMOVITCH, Petitioner, vs. HARRY H. HAHAMOVITCH, Respondent. [September 10, 2015] POLSTON, J. We review the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Hahamovitch v. Hahamovitch, 133 So. 3d 1008 , 1016 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014), in which the Fourth District certified conflict with the decisions of the Second District in Irwin v. Irwin, 857 So. 2d 247 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), and the Third District in Valdes v. Valdes..
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC13-683 _ IN RE: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CIVIL CASES — REPORT NO. 13-01 (PRODUCTS LIABILITY). [March 26, 2015] PER CURIAM. The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases (Committee) has submitted proposed changes to the standard jury instructions pertaining to products liability cases, and asks that the Court authorize the amended standard instructions. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. BACKGROUND In Case No. SC09..
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA SILVIO HERNANDEZ, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND Appellant, DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED v. CASE NO. 1D14-2072 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _/ Opinion filed July 2, 2014. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Charles A. Francis, Judge. Silvio Hernandez, pro se, Appellant. No appearance for Appellee. PER CURIAM. DISMISSED. LEWIS, C. J., WOLF and WETHERELL, JJ., CONCUR.
Supreme Court of Florida _ No. SC14-1348 _ IN RE: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CIVIL CASES — REPORT NO. 2014-02. [January 29, 2015] PER CURIAM. The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases (Committee) has submitted proposed changes to the standard jury instructions and asks that the Court authorize the amended standard instructions. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. The Committee proposes amending jury instructions 201.2 (Introduction of Participan..
