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, ...

The issue in the ruling dealt with the standards that judges should use in determining whether to grant summary judgment. The issue in the ruling dealt with the standards that judges should use in ...

HARRISBURG Pa. (Legal Newsline) – A Pennsylvania appeals court has reversed a summary judgment order for an electricity company on the grounds that the Workers’ Compensation Act’s “300 week” ...

While the Florida Supreme Court's adoption of the federal standard for summary judgment seems to shift the balance of power to defendants and their insurance companies, everyone in the construction ...

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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 ...