Supreme Court of Florida - October 2002 Opinion Summaries

BELLSOUTH TELECOMM., INC. v. JACOBS

Administrative Law, Communications Law
The Florida Public Service Commission's determination, that plaintiff's newly restructured late payment charge is not within a "nonbasic service...

WESTERHEIDE v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The "Jimmy Ryce Act", providing for the involuntary commitment of persons convicted of sexually offenses and found to be "sexually violent predators",...

BURGESS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A trial court cannot rely on a sworn arrest report in a court file to determine, as a matter of law, that consecutive habitual offender sentences are...

PANAMA CITY BEACH COMTY. REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
The trial court improperly substituted its judgment for that of a city council, and failed to defer to its findings, with regard to the propriety of...

WOODHAM v. BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A claimant need not pursue the administrative remedies under section 760.11(7), Florida Statutes, when the claimant has filed a complaint under the...

ROBERTSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The district court, in concluding that defendant's threats against his ex-wife constituted permissible Williams rule evidence, erred in affirming the...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HOSP. AUTH. v. COFFARO

Civil Procedure
The 90-day extension purchased under Florida Statutes section 766.104(2) is not added to what remains of the original statute of limitations, but is...