DARNELL HAMMOND, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Paranzino v. Barnett Bank OF S. Fla., N.A., 690 So. 2d 725 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)
  …l.1 Where the parties do not effectuate a settlement agreement in accordance with the dictates of rule 1.730(b), the confidentiality afforded to parties involved in mediation proceedings must remain inviolate. Gordon v. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 641 So. 2d 515, 517 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). Here, by knowingly breaching the confidentiality provision set forth in the Mediation Report and Agreement by disclosing the settlement offer to the Miami Herald, appellant and her attorney disregarded the applicable statute…
• City OF Delray Beach v. Keiser, 699 So. 2d 855 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)
  …a technical “detail.” Rather, it is quite clear that the Rule 1.730 requires the parties’ signatures and they simply did not exist in this case. The Third District Court of Appeal addressed a similar issue in Gordon v. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 641 So. 2d 515 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1994). In Gordon, the Third District found that counsel’s signature, even when executed in the presence of the party, was insufficient to satisfy the signature requirement of Rule 1.730. We agree with the Third District’s reasoning in…
• Dean v. Rutherford Mulhall, P.A., 16 So. 3d 284 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009)
  …enforced absent the signatures of all parties. E.g., Freedman v. Fraser Eng’g & Testing, Inc., 927 So. 2d 949, 953 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006); City of Delray Beach v. Reiser, 699 So. 2d 855, 856 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997); Gordon v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 641 So. 2d 515, 516 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). For instance, in Gordon, the petitioner sought issuance of a writ of certiorari to quash the trial court’s order requiring an evidentiary hearing on whether the parties reached a settlement during their mediation. 641 So. 2…