D.H. v. Adept Community Services, Inc.
Supreme Court of Florida
1DissentCanady, C.J.
I would approve the cogent decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in D.H. v. Adept Community Services, Inc. , 217 So.3d 1072 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017). The majority ignores the conflict issue and instead focuses solely on the separate issue of tolling, concluding that the Petitioners' negligence cause of action was sufficiently tolled for purposes of the statute of limitations because their appointed guardian ad litem was not the guardian ad litem contemplated by the tolling statute. But the majority reaches that conclusion only after impermissibly reviving an argument that the Petitioners…
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- Steinhorst v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
- Simmons v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
- Polyglycoat Corp. v. Hirsch Distrib., Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- Duest v. DuggerSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
- Hearndon v. GrahamSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
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