In their Medical Malpractice column, Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore's Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier review a recent Second Department decision holding that a plaintiff is required to establish ...

In one of its final decisions of 2020, the Florida Supreme Court amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510 to adopt the federal summary judgement standard articulated in the fundamental cases of, ...

Justices, in a 6-1 ruling, decided to scrap a state standard for determining whether lower-court judges should grant summary judgment in civil lawsuits. The Supreme Court said Florida should align ...

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After receiving briefs from both parties and ten amicus curiae briefs, the Court heard oral argument on October 8, 2020. On December 31, 2020, the Court prospectively amended Rule 1.510(c) and adopted ...

Gilbert Hyatt, an inventor who has been granted more than 70 patents and has filed more than 400 applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Last year, the Florida Supreme Court signaled its intention to adopt the summary judgment standard articulated in the Celotex trilogy, by directing the parties in Wilsonart, LLC v. Lopez, SC19-1336, ...

Motor carriers, in cooperation with state and national trucking associations, are trying to curb lawsuit abuse. At this point, they’ll take even small victories to help keep insurance premiums at bay.

In a ruling handed down late Monday, the Tennessee State Supreme Court set a new standard for summary judgments, aligning the state's rule with the federal standard and with a statute passed by the ...