The Florida Senate

SB 2692: Litigation [SPSC]

GENERAL BILL by Siplin

Litigation [SPSC]; Requires the division of total fault for parties and nonparties by judgment in negligence cases. Abrogates use of privilege and immunity defenses as to all statutory causes of action, abuse of process, malicious prosecution, and fraud upon the court. Prohibits sheriffs, clerks of court, full-time deputy sheriffs, and deputy clerks of court from practicing law. Repeals provisions relating to sanctions in criminal appeal cases, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/26/2010	Senate	• Filed
  3/9/2010	Senate	• Referred to Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00228
  3/11/2010	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 00228
  4/30/2010	Senate	• Died in Committee on Judiciary

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• SB 2692, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2010 at 5:39 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 1714	Litigation [SPSC]	Lawson	Compare	Last Action: 4/16/2010 S Withdrawn from Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 00635; Withdrawn from further consideration -SJ 00635 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (13)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  46.061
  46.071
  46.081
  57.105	Attorney's fee; sanctions for raising unsupported claims or defenses; service of motions; damages for delay of litigation.
  59.041	Harmless error; effect.
  59.06	Matters reviewable on appeal.
  454.18	Officers not allowed to practice.
  454.23	Penalties.
  768.81	Comparative fault.
  924.051	Terms and conditions of appeals and collateral review in criminal cases.
  924.33	When judgment not to be reversed or modified.
  924.395	Sanctions.
  939.055

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