December 2023 Summaries

Wednesday, December 6

SC2020-1118 The Florida Bar v. Michael Christopher Grieco

Miami-Dade County - begins at 9:00 a.m.

In this attorney-discipline case, the Court reviews the referee’s findings and recommendations in a Florida Bar case involving conduct in 2016 and 2017 while the respondent was running for political office in Miami Beach. At issue are the referee’s findings of fact following the Bar’s disciplinary investigation and the referee’s recommendation for 90-day suspension.

SC2022-1627 Ivy Chase Apartments, Ltd., etc., et al v. Ivy Chase Apartment Property, LLC

Pasco County - begins at 9:30 a.m.

This case concerns a dispute over a foreclosure and the alleged amount due. The appellate court ruled to overturn the trial court’s decision regarding the amount due because of their admission of inadmissible evidence. The case considered by the Supreme Court here is whether the Second DCA correctly sent back the case for further proceedings in the trial court.

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SC2023-1246 Monique Worrell v. Ron D. DeSantis

Orange County - begins at 10:20 a.m.

This case considers Worrell’s petition challenging her August suspension from office by Governor DeSantis. Worrell argues that the Governor’s executive order did not contain sufficient proof that she neglected her duty and exhibited incompetence in office to satisfy the constitutional requirements for suspension.

SC2023-1447 In Re: Uniform Statewide Bond Schedule

Statewide - begins at 11:00 a.m.

This is a proposed rules case to address changes in state law requiring adoption of a uniform statewide bond schedule each year. The proposal comes to the Court from a workgroup appointed to develop a schedule to comply with the requirements of the law. Six parties filed comments in response to the proposal. The notice of the case and the order creating the workgroup note the Court is not “expressing any view on separation of powers issues potentially raised by the new law’s requirement … .”