Best Medical Malpractice & Negligence Lawyers in West Palm Beach, FL

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬! To codify some of the active case management rules and Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, the Florida Supreme Court amended Rules of Civil Procedure 1.200 (Case Management; Pretrial Procedure), 1.201 (Complex Litigation), 1.280 (General Provisions Governing Discovery), 1.440 (Setting Action for Trial), and 1.460 (Motions to Continue). The rewritten version of Rule 1.200 provides that in streamlined and general cases, the court must issue a case management order that specifies the projected or actual trial period based on the case track assignment. The deadlines in the case management order must be differentiated based on whether the case is streamlined or general, and consistent with the time standards set forth in Rule 2.250(a)(1)(B). Rewritten Rule 1.200 also includes a detailed procedure for modifying the deadlines set forth in the case management orders. It says that these deadlines must be strictly enforced unless changed by court order but allows the parties to submit an agreed order to extend the deadline if the extension does not affect the ability to comply with remaining dates in the case management order.