Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2301JORT
Insurance — Proposal for settlement — Motion to extend time for response to proposal is denied
NAPLES MEDICAL & REHAB, LLC a/a/o JERRY ORTIZ, Plaintiff, vs. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. County Court, 20th Judicial Circuit in and for Collier County. Case No. 2015-CC-275. May 19, 2015. Honorable Janeice T. Martin, Judge.
ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF
TIME TO RESPOND TO PROPOSAL FOR SETTLEMENT
THIS CAUSE having come before the Court on May 8, 2015, on the Plaintiff’s Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Proposal for Settlement, bearing certificate of service date July 18, 2014, and the Court having heard argument of counsel, reviewed the file, and been advised in the premises, the Court reasons that the purpose of Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.442 is to move the litigation process forward, and to allow either side to approach the question of settlement at the point deemed appropriate. Extending the legally defined deadline for the response to a Proposal for Settlement would weaken the intent of that rule. Therefore, it is hereby:
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiff’s Motion is DENIED.
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