DOROTHY MURPHY, ET AL., PETITIONERS,

v.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, RESPONDENT; BARBARA'S CREATIVE JEWELRY, INC., ET AL., PETITIONERS, V. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Nat'l Enters., Inc. v. Foodtech Hialeah, Inc., 777 So. 2d 1191 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)
  …nly constitutes good cause. Florida has a long-standing policy in favor of adjudicating disputes on their merits. See North Shore Hospital, Inc. v. Barber, 143 So. 2d 849, 852 (Fla.1962); see [*1199] also Torrey v. Leesburg Regional Medical Center, 769 So. 2d 1040, 1045-46 (Fla.2000) (reiterating “the policy of allowing cases to be decided on the merits whenever possible”). With few exceptions, Florida courts do not dismiss actions on account of a simple mistake by a lawyer or litigant, so long as there is n…
• Colby Materials, Inc. v. Caldwell Constr., Inc., 926 So. 2d 1181 (Fla. 2006)
  …BELL, J., dissenting. I agree with Justice Wells that jurisdiction was improvidently granted. Direct and express conflict does not exist between Torrey v. Leesburg Regional Medical Center, 769 So. 2d 1040 (Fla.2000), and Colby Materials, Inc. v. Caldwell Construction, Inc., 868 So. 2d 584 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). [*1185] In Torrey, 769 So. 2d at 1041, the question decided was “whether a complaint filed and signed by an attorney not licensed to practice i…

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• Pura v. State, 789 So. 2d 436 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)
  …w is replete with instances where effect is given to a premature document or pleading upon happening of a subsequent event which gives meaning to the document or pleading.” Id. at 720 (citations omitted); see also Torrey v. Leesburg Reg’l Med. Ctr., 769 So. 2d 1040 (Fla.2000) (complaint filed by attorney not licensed to practice in Florida was not a nullity and party should be afforded time to obtain licensed attorney to file complaint); Williams v. State, 324 So. 2d 74 (Fla.1975) (dismissal of an appeal filed…

Authorities Cited

• State v. Barbara's Creative Jewelry, Inc., 728 So. 2d 240 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)