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Florida Practitioner's Guide: Civil Trial Preparation
Publisher: Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education
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Florida Practitioner's Guide™: Civil Trial Preparation, Eighth Edition includes new user-friendly formatting, and addresses amended rules, revised statutes, and new case law, including the following:
- Revised statutes and rules addressing:
- Admissibility of expert testimony
- Required content of motions
- Confidentiality of mediation sessions
- New case law addressing:
- Severing or consolidating claims, amending pleadings, and adding punitive damages claim to complaint
- Electronic discovery, privileged information, and sanctions for failing to comply with discovery orders
- Basis for and effect of disqualifying the trial judge
- Attorney’s potential liability following withdrawal
- Offers of settlement, and wisdom and effect of voluntary dismissal
The edition is replete with valuable practice pointers.
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Table of Contents
Contents
PART ONE: ORGANIZATION
§ 1.1. Initial Activities
§ 1.2. Proceed With Case Management Conference Or Pretrial Conference
§ 1.3. Prepare For And Conduct Discovery
§ 1.4. Keep Abreast Of Case Developments
§ 1.5. Set Case For Trial
§ 1.6. Proceed To Final Pretrial Conference
§ 1.7. Complete Final Preparation For Trial
§ 1.8. Prepare For Jury Selection
PART TWO: MOTION PRACTICE
§ 2.1. Motion Basics
§ 2.2. Defensive Motions
§ 2.3. Motions To Structure Case
§ 2.4. General Trial Preparation Motions
§ 2.5. Dispositive Motions
PART THREE: DISCOVERY
§ 3.1. Overview Of Discovery
§ 3.2. Devise Discovery Plan
§ 3.3. Informal Discovery
§ 3.4. Interrogatories
§ 3.5. Requests To Admit
§ 3.6. Request To Produce Or Inspect From Party
§ 3.7. Request To Produce Or Inspect From Nonparty
§ 3.8. Request For Physical Or Mental Examination Or Report
§ 3.9. Oral Depositions
§ 3.10. Resolution Of Discovery Issues
§ 3.11. Final Pretrial Disclosures
PART FOUR: EVIDENCE
§ 4.1. Overview
§ 4.2. Introduction Of Formal Discovery Into Evidence
§ 4.3. Introduction Of Nontestimonial Evidence
§ 4.4. Introduction Of "Live" Testimony Into Evidence
§ 4.5. Response To Opposing Party's Evidence
§ 4.6. Prepare Trial Plan
PART FIVE: SETTLEMENT AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
§ 5.1. Introduction
§ 5.2. Evaluation Of Case
§ 5.3. Informal Settlement Negotiations
§ 5.4. Formal Offer Of Settlement Or Demand For Judgment
§ 5.5. Mediation
§ 5.6. Arbitration
