ABC LIQUOR STORES, INC., ET AL., PETITIONERS,

v.

JOHN D. CARTER ET AL., RESPONDENTS

Citator

Cited By

• Cramer v. State, 213 So. 3d 1028 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017)
  …ng generally requires testimony from court-appointed expert witnesses, but where the parties and the trial court agree, the court “may decide the issue of competency on the basis of the written reports alone.” Id. at 677-78 (quoting Fowler v. State, 256 So. 2d 513, 515 (Fla. 1971)); accord Roman v. State, 163 So. 3d 749, 751 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015) (“If the parties agree, the trial court can make its competency determination based solely on experts’ reports.”). However, the written reports are advisory only. Dough…
• Charles B. Pitts Real Est., Inc. v. Hater, 602 So. 2d 961 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992)
  …evidence of the settlement. As a general rule, offers to compromise a disputed claim are not admissible to prove liability for the claim. § 90.408, Fla.Stat. (1989); see Bill Currie Ford, Inc. v. Cash, 252 So. 2d 407 (Fla.2d DCA 1971), cert. denied, 256 So. 2d 513 (Fla.1972); City of Coral Gables v. Jordan, 186 So. 2d 60 (Fla.3d DCA), aff'd, 191 So. 2d 38 (Fla.1966). Although the settlement in the case between the Haters and FFD was not an offer or settlement in this case, it was a settlement of a closely re…