JAMES ADAM WILSON, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Searcy v. State, 209 So. 3d 1181 (Fla. 2017)
  …apart from the recovery in the lawsuit — and that the Legislature could limit attorneys’ fees in a claims bill “no matter what the underlying fee contract provides.” Searcy Denney, 194 So. 3d at 353-54 (quoting Noel v. Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., 984 So. 2d 1265, 1267 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008)). Based on the precedent discussed above, the majority of the district court panel held that the guardianship court was correct in recognizing the Legislature’s prerogative to limit the payment of fees and costs to $100,00…

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• Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. v. State, 194 So. 3d 349 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015)
  …ompensation, decide the amount of compensation, and determine the conditions, if any, to be placed on the appropriation.” Id. at 858 (emphasis added). A somewhat similar situation was presented to this court in Noel v. Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., 984 So. 2d 1265 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008). A victim, Jean Noel, and her parents sued a governmental entity for damages arising out of medical negligence. Id. at 1266. The jury awarded a- total, of $8.5-million, but the relief was reduced to $200,000 due to the applicabil…

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• Jennifer Harvard o/b/o J.H. v. The Vill. OF Palm Springs, 98 So. 3d 645 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012)
  …sue is whether the term “may” as used in section 985.04(3) is permissive or mandatory. We hold that the plain language of section 985.04(3) is unambiguous, and thus interpret the word “may” as a permissive term. Noel v. Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., 984 So. 2d 1265, 1267 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008) (“The word ‘may’ denotes a permissive term rather than the mandatory connotation of the word ‘shall.’”) (citations and quotations omitted). Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s ruling that the Village was not required t…