ANTHONY F. BALZEBRE ET AL., APPELLANTS,

v.

2660 DOUGLAS, INC., APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (18 total)

• Ronda C. Weinstock, PH.D. v. Groth, 629 So. 2d 835 (Fla. 1993)
  …rts must be construed in a manner that favors access. See G.B.B. Investments, Inc. v. Hinterkopf 343 So. 2d 899 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977) (any restriction on access to the courts must be construed in favor of the constitutional right); Lehmann v. Cloniger, 294 So. 2d 344 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974) (same). Moreover, the purpose of the chapter 766 presuit requirements is to alleviate the high cost of medical negligence claims through early determination and prompt resolution of claims, not to deny access to the courts to pla…
• Bain v. State, 730 So. 2d 296 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999)
  …Guarantee Management Services, Inc., 667 So. 2d 1013 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). And it requires that any attempt to limit the right of access to courts must be liberally construed in favor of the right. See Kennedy, 667 So. 2d at 1014; Lehmann v. Cloniger, 294 So. 2d 344 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974). Surely, in light of these principles, any question about legislative power to encroach upon an important appellate right guaranteed by the constitution must be resolved against the encroachment. [*300] The foregoing factors, ind…
• G.B.B. Invs., Inc. v. Hinterkopf, 343 So. 2d 899 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977)
  …the right to free access to the courts on claims of redress of injury free of unreasonable burdens and restrictions. Any restrictions on such access to the courts must be liberally construed in favor of the constitutional right. Lehmann v. Cloniger, 294 So. 2d 344 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974). The courts have generally disapproved financial pre-conditions to bringing claims or asserting defenses in court aside from court related filing fees. A payment to the court clerk to be used in constructing a county law library…

Authorities Cited

• Balzebre v. 2600 Douglas, Inc., 291 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974)