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11 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., Lisa Herndon — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
Fifth Judicial Circuit (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.circuit5.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mediation-order.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • The mediation shall take place prior to any scheduled Pretrial • The parties shall immediately confer to select a mediator and to agree on the date, time and location of the mediation conference. • Plaintiff shall have ten (10) days from the date of this order to file a "Notice of Mediation Conference" with the clerk, indicating the date/time of the mediation. • If the parties are unable to agree on a mediator, Plaintiffs counsel shall submit a proposed order (with appropriate blanks) and a mediator will be selected by the Court from a list of certified mediators maintained by Court Administration. • An insured party must have a fully authorized representative (not the attorney) of the insurance company attend the mediation conference. b. • The parties shall devote such time as is necessary to settle or until an impasse is declared by the mediator. c. • The parties shall adhere to any/all instructions of the designated mediator regarding presenting summations to the mediator prior to the scheduled mediation. d. • All communications, discussions, representations and statements made at the conference shall be privileged settlement negotiations and nothing related to the conference shall be discoverable or admissible at trial. e. • The parties are advised that nothing in this Order shall be construed as a continuance of any matter in this case. • The mediator shall be compensated at the rate of no more than $350.00 per hour, or such other amount as agreed to by all parties for each hour of mediation, which cost shall be borne equally by the parties unless otherwise ordered. • The parties are advised that any mediation completed more than one calendar year from the date of a scheduled pretrial conference shall no longer be considered as a valid mediation and the parties will be required to attend another mediation prior to the Court assigning a trial date.
The mediation shall take place prior to any scheduled Pretrial
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