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39 verbatim mandatory provisions from 25-08.
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. Only sentences containing mandatory language (shall, must, may not, no later than, within N) are reproduced — the full document is in custody and is the controlling text. • Pretrial Procedure), 1.201 (Complex Litigation), 1.280 (General Provisions Governing Discovery), 1.440 (Setting -- 1 of 20 -- 2 Action for Trial), and 1.460 (Motions to Continue Trial); and in SC2024-0662 regarding changes to 1.510 (Summary Judgment) and 1.202 (Conferral Prior to Filing Motions) effective January 1, 2025. • Plaintiff shall, at the time of the initial filing of the action, make an initial designation of Case Management Track, on the Civil Case Management Track Designation Form (attached hereto as “Exhibit A”) indicating that the case is either Streamlined; • Parties seeking to have a case designated as complex shall initially designate the case as Complex on the Civil Case Management Designation Form, and within 20 days thereafter file an appropriate motion to declare the case complex pursuant to Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.201. • The Clerk of Court shall notify the filer that the action is not being accepted for filing until the completed Civil Case Management Track Designation Form is submitted. 4. • A Trial Order will be issued 120 days prior to the Projected trial date specified in the Case Management Order. • Deadlines in a case management order must be strictly enforced unless changed by court order. • If an extension will affect the Actual Trial Period, the Parties must seek a continuance of the Actual Trial Period pursuant to Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.460. 7. • This Administrative Order shall be subject to modification, addition, and extension as the evolving and fluid nature of the facts and circumstances may require. 11. • Case Track Assignment (track must be selected with a “check mark” or “X”): • Case to be resolved within 12 months after the expiration of the time to perfect service of process under Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.070(j) (120 days). “Streamlined" cases should have few parties and witnesses, few anticipated pretrial motions, minimal discovery, and document production. ______ General Track: • Case resolved within 18 months after the expiration of the time to perfect service of process under Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.070(j) (120 days). “General” cases are all other actions that do not meet the criteria for streamlined or complex. ______ Complex Track: • Case to be resolved within 30 months after the expiration of the time to perfect service of process under Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.070(j) (120 days). • The Court will issue an initial General Track Case Management Order, and thereafter parties shall comply with Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.201(a) by filing an appropriate motion to declare the case complex and serving such motion to the assigned judge. • Initial Discovery Disclosure Irrespective if any formal discovery requests are made, each party shall provide the other party(ies) the following initial discovery disclosures unless privileged or protected: i) name, address(if known), telephone number and email address for each individual likely to have discoverable information (including the subject matter of that information) that the disclosing party may use to support its claims and defenses; ii) a copy; or description by category and location of all documents, ESI and tangible things that the disclosing party may use to support its claims and defenses; iii) a computation for each category of economic damages claimed by the disclosing party and a copy of any supporting documentation or evidence (for non-economic damages set forth each category and provide supporting documents); iv) a copy of any insurance policy or agreement that may provide coverage indemnification for the disclosing party if found liable for a possible judgment in the action. • A party must make its initial disclosures based on the information then reasonably available to it. • Deadlines and Cutoff Dates2 (Calculated as days before Pretrial Conference Date) 2 When calculating deadlines based on the Pre-Trial Conference date, if the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline will be taken as the last business day prior to the deadline date. • E.g., if 10 days prior to the Pre-Trial Conference date falls on Saturday, March 13 th , the deadline for mediation to be completed would be Friday, March 12 th (not Monday, March 15 th ). -- 8 of 20 -- 9 Deadlines and Cutoff Dates Number of Days before Pretrial Conference 1) Plaintiff and Defendant(s) are to disclose potential fact witnesses (including treating physicians and/or non-retained experts) Exchanged between the parties to facilitate pre-trial discovery, but not filed with the Court. • The formal Fact Witness List will be filed in accordance with Para. 9 below. 120 days prior to PTC date (Notice of Compliance shall be filed 5 days thereafter) 2) Filing of Plaintiff Expert Witness List Regardless if Defendant propounds expert discovery, Plaintiff will disclose: • Names/address; area of expertise; subject matter of expected testimony; substance of facts and opinions; summary of grounds on which opinion is based; and at least 2 available dates for deposition. • No other expert testimony should be permitted at trial. 120 days prior to PTC date 3) Filing of Defendant Expert Witness List Regardless if Plaintiff propounds expert discovery, Defendant will disclose: • No other expert testimony should be permitted at trial. 100 days prior to PTC date 4) Motions to amend pleadings or add new parties to be filed and served 80 days prior to PTC date 5) Formal identification of Fabre Defendants 80 days prior to PTC date 6) Filing of Plaintiff Rebuttal Expert Witness List (if applicable) Regardless if Defendant propounds expert discovery, Plaintiff will disclose: • (Responsibility for scheduling hearing shall be upon the party filing the Motion or Objection) 7 days prior to PTC date 23) Plaintiff/Defendant exchange and filing of objections and counter-designations to depo designations 7 days prior to PTC date 24) Alternative Dispute Resolution Completed 7 days prior to PTC date 25) Attorney Meet/Exchange/Inspect/Pretrial Stipulation Exchange/examine pre-trial exhibits, discuss settlement; determine stipulated facts and issues; prepare pre-trial statement/stipulation; complete pre-trial checklist and proposed pre-trial conference order; confirm witnesses and contact info; review video depo and exhibits to be used at trial; agree on jury instructions, verdict form, and exhibit logs 5 days prior to PTC date 26) Plaintiff/Defendant objections to depo designations noticed and heard* *5 days prior to trial 27) All Motions in limine noticed and heard* *5 days prior to trial IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that: 1. • The parties shall strictly comply with the terms of this Case Management Order unless otherwise ordered by the Court. • All counsel and unrepresented parties shall familiarize themselves and comply with the requirements of the following: • If an extension will affect the Actual Trial Period, the Parties must seek continuance pursuant to Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.460 4. • Parties may file a Motion for Trial if they are ready for trial prior to the above-projected trial period or Actual Trial period pursuant to Rule 1.440. • The Plaintiff shall forward a copy of the Motion for Trial to the Case Manager at the email address noted on the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit website. 5. • All counsel and unrepresented parties shall familiarize themselves with each Division’s Policies and Procedures, the current edition of the Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice and seek to resolve discovery issues without court intervention whenever possible. 6. • In the event a party is unrepresented and has not designated an email address for purposes of electronic service, counsel for Plaintiff shall be responsible for serving this Order and all future orders of the Court via a non-electronic means (U.S. mail, Federal Express or the equivalent) and shall file a Certificate of Service with the Court indicating who was served, the date of service, and the method of service (including any address or email used) within three (3) business days. • If Plaintiff is unrepresented, Counsel for the Defendant shall have this same obligation. • If all parties are unrepresented, the Plaintiff shall provide stamped addressed envelopes to the Court with submission of this and any other proposed Order. • Please contact the ADA Coordinator in your county at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days. • A party is not excused from making its disclosures because it has not fully investigated the case or because it challenges the sufficiency of another party's disclosures or because another party has not made its disclosures. 60 days after each defendant is served (Notice of Compliance shall be filed 5 days thereafter) -- 15 of 20 -- 16 III. • The formal Fact Witness List will be filed in accordance with Para. 10 below. 180 days prior to PTC date (Notice of Compliance shall be filed 5 days thereafter) 2) Disclosure and filing of Plaintiff Expert Witness List Regardless if Defendant propounds expert discovery, Plaintiff will disclose: • No other expert testimony should be permitted at trial. 180 days prior to PTC date 3) Disclosure and filing of Defendant Expert Witness List Regardless if Plaintiff propounds expert discovery, Defendant will disclose: • No other expert testimony should be permitted at trial. 150 days prior to PTC date 4) Motions to amend pleadings or add new parties, filed and served 120 days prior to PTC date 5) Formal identification of Fabre Defendants 120 days prior to PTC date 2 When calculating deadlines based on the Pre-Trial Conference date, if the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline will be taken as the last business day prior to the deadline date. • E.g., if 10 days prior to the Pre-Trial Conference date falls on Saturday, March 13 th , the deadline for mediation to be completed would be Friday, March 12 th (not Monday, March 15 th ). -- 16 of 20 -- 17 6) Filing of Plaintiff Rebuttal Experts Regardless if Defendant propounds expert discovery, Plaintiff will disclose: • Parties may file a Motion for Trial if they are ready for trial prior to the above-Projected trial period or Actual Trial period pursuant to Rule 1.440. • In the event a party is unrepresented and has not designated an email address for purposes of electronic service, counsel for Plaintiff shall be responsible for serving this Order and all future orders of the Court via a non-electronic means (U.S. mail, Federal Express or the equivalent) and shall file a -- 19 of 20 -- 20 Certificate of Service with the Court indicating who was served, the date of service, and the method of service (including any address or email used) within three (3) business days.
Pretrial Procedure), 1.201 (Complex Litigation), 1.280 (General Provisions Governing Discovery), 1.440 (Setting -- 1 of 20 -- 2 Action for Trial), and 1.460 (Motions to Continue Trial); and in SC2024-0662 regarding changes to 1.510 (Summary Judgment) and 1.202 (Conferral Prior to Filing Motions) effective January 1, 2025.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 9108c985e9d2dc57b0cd3eaea1859c14a8cd5cc08d35e0d2031d36ff22dbbdb7 (172172 bytes). BenchPath harvested this circuit itself because no research corpus existed for it. Extraction is conservative: mandatory-language sentences only, so this rule is a faithful subset of the order, never a summary of it.
Judge Sherman requires TWO identical bound hard-copy sets of pre-marked exhibits for evidentiary hearings at least 7 days out — and anything over 50 pages must arrive as bound hard copies by mail.
Judge Hafele: exhibits in chambers three days before any evidentiary proceeding, courtesy copies two days out, all hearing materials three business days ahead, and interpreter requests seven days in advance.
Judge Mullinax wants physical copies of all documents and exhibits for in-person hearings/trials provided five days in advance; orders in Word (no macros/columns/tabs) within 48 hours, final judgments with a 3-inch top-right margin.