Supreme Court of Florida - May 2001 Opinion Summaries

SWARTZ v. MCDONALD'S CORP.

Workers' Compensation
Worker's compensation benefits are payable under the dual purpose exception of the "coming and going" rule for injuries sustained while travelling to...

PROVIDENT MGMT. CORP. v. CITY OF TREASURE ISLAND

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Limitations on liability under Florida Statutes 768.28 do not apply to a claim for wrongful injunction against a city that was not required to post an...

CARTER v. STATE

Criminal Law & Procedure
A habitual offender sentence on a life felony may be corrected as illegal through a motion filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a)...

DUSSEAU v. METRO. DADE COUNTY BD. OF COUNTY COMM'RS

Property Law & Real Estate
The sole issue before the court on a first-tier certiorari review is whether the agency decision at issue was lawful, not whether it was correct, and...

CLAMPITT v. D.J. SPENCER SALES

Injury & Tort Law
An abrupt stop, by itself, is insufficient to overcome the presumption that the rear driver is negligent in a rear-end collision even if there is...

WHITT v. SILVERMAN

Injury & Tort Law
A landowner operating a gas station owes a duty of care to persons who may be injured as a result of natural conditions or landscaping on the...

STATE OF FLORIDA v. GLATZMAYER

Criminal Law & Procedure
When suspects who are considering waiving their Miranda rights ask law enforcement officers if they should invoke the right to counsel, the officer...

GOLDENBERG v. SAWCZAK

Bankruptcy Law
Under section 222.14 of the Florida Statutes, the cash surrender value of an annuity contract is exempt from bankruptcy proceedings.