41 Fla. L. Weekly D1223aTop of Form Torts — Surgery on minor child — Informed consent — Health care provider is not required to obtain informed consent from both parents of a minor child, rather than just one parent, before rendering non-emergency care or treatment to minor child — Consent of one parent to non-emergency Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D1194aTop of Form Wrongful death — Medical malpractice — Negligence — Discovery — Depositions — Trial court departed from essential requirements of law by allowing defendant to depose plaintiff’s retained, non-testifying expert where defendant failed to argue or offer proof that exceptional circumstances existed for taking expert’s deposition — Plaintiff did Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D1196bTop of Form Attorney’s fees — Proposal for settlement — Trial court erred in finding that plaintiff timely accepted proposal for settlement where plaintiff did not accept proposal during 30-day period provided for in rule — Tolling — Filing of rule 1.090 motion to enlarge time to accept proposal for settlement Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D1159eTop of Form Mortgage foreclosure — Requests for admissions — Technical admissions of facts showing that plaintiff had no standing to bring foreclosure suit — Trial court abused discretion by denying plaintiff relief from technical admissions where evidence contradicted the admissions and defendant would not be prejudiced by withdrawal of the Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D1169bTop of Form Civil procedure — Trial court did not depart from essential requirements of law in determining that a person injured in the same accident was not an indispensable party to instant suit asserting an automobile accident claim THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner, v. FRANKLIN RAMIREZ, Read More »