Pleadings and Proposed Orders

(1) Pleadings. All documents filed with the OJCC shall:

(a) Be typewritten or printed on 81/2" by 11" white paper, unless electronically filed;

(b) Be unstapled;

(c) Contain the signature, or the electronic signature if filed electronically, of the party in interest or, if represented, the party’s attorney of record;

(d) Contain the style of the proceeding; the case number, if any; the date of accident; the party on whose behalf the document is filed; the subject matter of the document; and the name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number of the party or, if represented, the party’s attorney of record (including the attorney’s Florida Bar number) filing the document;

(e) Contain a certificate of service representing that copies have been served on all parties or, if represented, their attorneys of record. The certificate shall be dated and include the name, address, and method of service used as to each party and/or attorney served; and

(f) Not be accompanied by separate cover letter or correspondence.

(2) Exempt information. Except for the employee’s social security number or equivalent on petitions for benefits and responses thereto, no pleading shall contain information exempt from public records disclosure. Exempt information shall be supplied in connection with a pleading only to the extent it is necessary for the judge’s determination of disputed matters or required by Florida Statutes and shall be appended to a pleading in a separate document conspicuously marked “Exempt Information.”

(3) All pleadings filed in paper form shall contain in the bottom 1 1/2 inches of each page only the following: “OJCC Case #” followed by the case number and “page #” followed by the page number.

(4) Proposed Orders. Except as provided in subsection 60Q-6.115(3), F.A.C., proposed orders shall not be submitted unless requested by the judge. They shall be clearly indexed in the docket as “proposed orders” and shall be sent to all other parties or, if represented, their attorneys of record prior to being submitted to the judge. Proposed orders shall be a separate document and not be included as a part of a motion.