Ramirez v. McCravy

Because the dissent contends that our discharge of jurisdiction should be of great concern to litigants, I write briefly to place the holding of the Third District opinion in the context of the facts of the case. If litigants must “beware” of any principle of law, it is that this Court’s administrative tolling orders cannot be employed to grant a windfall extension to a statute of limitations when the litigant has not alleged that he was unable to timely file the lawsuit because of the courthouse closure. Essentially, that is the holding of the Third District in Ramirez v. McCravy, 4 So.3d…