Supreme Court of Florida - November 2002 Opinion Summaries

DAVIS v. MONAHAN

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The delayed discovery doctrine, which delays the commencement of the statute of limitations, will not be extended to breach of fiduciary duty, civil...

COREGIS INS. CO. v. MOSQUITO CONTROL SPECIAL TAXING DIST.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law
A petition before the Florida Monroe County Career Service Council was not a proceeding in a "court of law" for purposes of the Florida Constitution,...

FLORIDA INDUS. POWER USERS GROUP v. JABER

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
The Public Service Commission's determinations, as to the reasonableness of an electric company's transactions with an unregulated wholesale...

FLORIDA DEP'T OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SERV. v. S.A.P.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
The doctrine of equitable estoppel will apply to toll the statute of limitations in negligence action where it is alleged that defendant overlooked...

BUNKLEY v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Criminal Law & Procedure
The decision in L.B. v. State, 700 So.2d 370, that a folding pocketknife with a blade of four inches or less falls within the statutory exception to...

MAZOUREK v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Commercial Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an assessment of tangible personal property within stores, an appraiser may include sales tax in the original cost paid on the property, where the...

STATE OF FLORIDA v. KLAYMAN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The Florida Supreme Court's decision in Hayes v. State, 750 So.2d 1 (1999), holding that the drug trafficking statute (section 893.135(1)(c)1, Florida...

DAVIS v. MONAHAN

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The delayed discovery doctrine, which delays the commencement of the statute of limitations, will not be extended to breach of fiduciary duty, civil...