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ERROR TO DENY LEGALLY SUFFICIENT MOTION TO DISQUALIFY JUDGE – JUDGE ABDICATED HIS POSITION OF NEUTRIALITY BY GIVING UNSOLICITED AND STRATEGICALLY BENEFICIAL LEGAL ADVICE TO THE DEFENDANT, AND THEN CONTINUED THE PROCEEDING WITHOUT THE DEFENDANT ASKING, SO THE DEFENDANT COULD ACT ON THE ADVISE

Jun 14th, 2024 in by admin

Torres v. Orlick, 49 Fla. L. Weekly D916 (Fla. Apr. 19, 2024): The plaintiff obtained a clerk’s default against the defendant who moved to set it aside. The defendant’s counsel alleged excusable neglect, blaming his intake department for failing to diary…


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Landlord-tenant — Public housing — Eviction — Noncompliance with lease 

Jun 10th, 2024 in by admin

Landlord cannot proceed with eviction for noncompliance with lease where eviction action was not commenced within 45 days of obtaining actual knowledge of noncompliances and did not give required notice to cure for all noncompliances that could be remedied --…


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