Navigation Supreme Court amends discovery rule to prevent case delays
The Florida Supreme Court agreed Thursday to amend a discovery rule to address a Civil Procedure Rules Committee concern about potential delays.
The unanimous opinion adopts the committee’s proposed amendment to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280 (Timing and Sequence of Discovery).
More specifically, the ruling addresses wording in a sentence the court added as part of a civil case management amendments in a previous ruling, In re Amends. to Fla. Rules of Civ. Proc., 402 So. 3d 925 (Fla. 2024).
