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04/29/2009 NOTICE-DISCRETIONARY JURIS (DIRECT CONFLICT) PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Susan B. Morrison 394424
04/30/2009 Filing Fee $300 2009 - 1011006 Amount: $300
04/30/2009 Fee Paid in Full
05/04/2009 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (JURIS BRIEF) PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Isaac R. Ruiz-Carus 17004 & MOTION TO TOLL TIME
05/05/2009 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (JURIS BRIEF-PETITIONER)
05/14/2009 JURIS INITIAL BRIEF PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Susan B. Morrison 394424 O&5 & E-MAIL
05/14/2009 APPENDIX PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Susan B. Morrison 394424 TO JURIS INITIAL BRIEF
06/09/2009 JURIS ANSWER BRIEF RS Manor Care Health Services, Inc BY: RS Matthew J. Conigliaro 63525 O&5 & E-MAIL
10/21/2009 ORDER-JURIS ACCEPT/BRIEF SCHED (OA LATER DATE) The Court accepts jurisdiction of this case. Oral argument will be set by separate order. Counsel for the parties will be notified of the oral argument date approximately sixty days prior to oral argument. Petitioner's initial brief on the merits shall be served on or before November 16, 2009; respondent's answer brief on the merits shall be served twenty days after service of petitioner's initial brief on the merits; and petitioner's reply brief on the merits shall be served twenty days after service of respondent's answer brief on the merits. Please file an original and seven copies of all briefs. The Clerk of the Second District Court of Appeal shall file the original record which shall be properly indexed and paginated on or before December 21, 2009. The record shall include the briefs filed in the district court separately indexed.
11/17/2009 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS) PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Susan B. Morrison 394424 O&1
11/18/2009 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS)
12/02/2009 MAIL RETURNED ORDER DATED 11/18/2009, RETURN TO SENDER, NOT DELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED, UNABLE TO FORWARD BY: IPA Aram P. Megerian 57983 (12/02/2009: FORWARDED TO CORRECT ADDRESS)
12/11/2009 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Hon. James Birkhold BY: Hon. James Birkhold 1 CERT. CLERK & 3 VOLS. RECORD
12/17/2009 INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Susan B. Morrison 394424 O&9 & E-MAIL
12/18/2009 APPENDIX PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Susan B. Morrison 394424 TO INITIAL BRIEF MERITS (O&7)
12/22/2009 MOTION-AMICUS CURIAE MR Florida Justice Reform Institute BY: MR Ashley Mayer 67968
12/22/2009 ORDER-AMICUS CURIAE GR The motion for leave to file brief as amicus curiae filed by Florida Justice Reform Institute and Florida Medical Association is hereby granted and they are allowed to file brief only in support of respondent. The brief by the above referenced amicus curiae shall be served pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.370(c).
12/31/2009 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS) RS Manor Care Health Services, Inc BY: RS Matthew J. Conigliaro 63525
12/31/2009 MOTION-TOLL TIME RS Manor Care Health Services, Inc BY: RS Matthew J. Conigliaro 63525
12/31/2009 MOTION-AMICUS CURIAE MR Florida Health Care Assoc. BY: MR Karen L Goldsmith 274534
01/04/2010 ORDER-AMICUS CURIAE GR The motion for leave to file brief as amicus curiae filed by Florida Health Care Association is hereby granted and they are allowed to file brief only in support of respondents. The brief by the above referenced amicus curiae shall be served pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.370(c).
01/12/2010 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS)
01/15/2010 MAIL RETURNED ORDER DATED 12/22/2009, RETURN TO SENDER, NOT DELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED, UNABLE TO FORWARD Bryan Matthew Rotella 644099 (01/15/2010: SENT TO NEW ADDRESS)
02/11/2010 ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS RS Manor Care Of Florida, Inc. BY: RS Matthew J. Conigliaro 63525 O&7 & E-MAIL
02/15/2010 MOTION-AMICUS CURIAE MR Pacific Legal Foundation BY: MR Steven Geoffrey Gieseler 880981 (02/23/2010: AMENDED MOTION AMICUS FILED AS "MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMENDED BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE OF PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS MANOR CARE OF FLORIDA, INC." (REMOVING FOREIGN ATTORNEYS)
02/15/2010 AMICUS CURIAE ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS MR Pacific Legal Foundation BY: MR Steven Geoffrey Gieseler 880981 O&7 ***STRICKEN. SEE ORDER DATED 02/25/2010***
02/16/2010 ORDER-COUNSEL PRO HAC VICE (FOREIGN COUNSEL) Any attorney involved in the above case who is not a member of The Florida Bar should immediately file a proper motion pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.510, if they wish to have this Court consider them as counsel of record. Failure to file a proper motion could result in the imposition of sanctions, including striking the pleading listing the foreign attorney as counsel of record.
02/17/2010 AMICUS CURIAE ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS MR Florida Health Care Assoc. BY: MR Karen L Goldsmith 274534 W/APPENDIX (O&7 & E-MAIL)
02/17/2010 AMICUS CURIAE ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS MR Florida Justice Reform Institute BY: MR Ashley Mayer 67968 O&7 & E-MAIL
02/23/2010 AMICUS CURIAE ANSWER AMD BRIEF-MERITS MR Pacific Legal Foundation BY: MR Steven Geoffrey Gieseler 880981 O&7
02/25/2010 ORDER-AMICUS CURIAE GR The amended motion for leave to file brief as amicus curiae filed by Pacific Legal Foundation is hereby granted and they are allowed to file brief only in support of respondents. The amended brief by the above referenced amicus curiae was filed with this Court on February 23, 2010. In light of the filing of Pacific Legal Foundation's amended brief amicus curiae in support of respondents Manor Care of Florida, Inc., et al. filed with this Court on February 23, 2010, it is ordered that Pacific Legal Foundation's brief amicus curiae in support of respondents Manor Care of Florida, Inc., et al. filed with this Court on February 15, 2010, is hereby stricken.
03/01/2010 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (REPLY BRIEF-MERITS) PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Susan B. Morrison 394424
03/02/2010 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (REPLY BRIEF-MERITS)
03/11/2010 MOTION-COUNS WITHDRAWAL PT Angela I Gessa BY: WD Amy Jo Quezon 996180 PETITIONER WAS NOT SERVED W/MOTION
03/12/2010 MAIL RETURNED ORDER DATED 02/25/2010, RETURN TO SENDER ATTEMPTED -NOT KNOWN, UNABLE TO FORWARD MR Pacific Legal Foundation BY: MR Timothy Sandefur (03/12/2010: PLACED W/FILE)
03/16/2010 ORDER-COUNS WITHDRAWAL DY The motion to withdraw as attorney of record for petitioner filed by Amy J. Quezon is hereby denied without prejudice to re-file a proper motion pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.505(f)(1) and Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.440(b).
03/29/2010 MOTION-COUNS WITHDRAWAL PT Angela I Gessa BY: WD Amy Jo Quezon 996180
03/30/2010 REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Susan B. Morrison 394424 O&7
03/30/2010 REPLY BRIEF-MERITS PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Susan B. Morrison 394424 O&7 & E-MAIL
04/05/2010 ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR
04/05/2010 ORDER-OA SCHED (PREV ACCEPTED) The Court previously accepted jurisdiction. The Court will hear oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 8, 2010. A maximum of twenty minutes to the side is allowed for the argument, but counsel is expected to use only so much of that time as is necessary. NO CONTINUANCES WILL BE GRANTED EXCEPT UPON A SHOWING OF EXTREME HARDSHIP.
04/15/2010 ORDER-COUNS WITHDRAWAL GR
06/04/2010 NOTICE-APPEARANCE PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT James L. Wilkes, Iii 405337 JAMES L. WILKES, III AND BENNIE LAZZARA (O&3)
06/08/2010 ORAL ARGUMENT HELD
06/24/2010 MOTION-BRIEF SUPPLEMENTATION RS Manorcare Of America, Inc. BY: RS Matthew J. Conigliaro 63525 FILED AS "NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY AND MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFS" (O&7)
07/22/2010 ORDER-BRIEF SUPPLEMENTATION GR Respondents' unopposed motion to file supplemental briefs is hereby granted. Petitioner's supplemental initial brief shall be served on or before August 2, 2010; respondents' supplemental answer brief shall be served ten days after service of petitioner's supplemental initial brief; and petitioner's supplemental reply brief shall be served five days after service of respondents' supplemental answer brief. All supplemental briefs are limited to five pages and shall address only if and how the present case is affected by the United States Supreme Court's recent decision in Rent-A-Center v. Jackson, Case No. 09-497 (U.S. June 21, 2010). Please file an original and seven copies of all briefs.
07/30/2010 SUPP INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Susan B. Morrison 394424 O&7 & E-MAIL
08/16/2010 SUPP ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS RS Manor Care Of Florida, Inc. BY: RS Matthew J. Conigliaro 63525 O&7 (& E-MAIL)
08/18/2010 SUPP REPLY BRIEF-MERITS PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Susan B. Morrison 394424 O&7 & E-MAIL
06/30/2011 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Isaac R. Ruiz-Carus 17004 O&7
11/23/2011 DISP-QUASHED We quash the decision of the district court in Gessa v. Manor Care of Florida, Inc., 4 So. 3d 679 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009).
12/08/2011 MOTION-REHEARING RS Manor Care Of Florida, Inc. BY: RS Matthew J. Conigliaro 63525 (RC)
12/20/2011 RESPONSE PT Angela I Gessa BY: PT Isaac R. Ruiz-Carus 17004 TO RESPONDENTS' MOTION FOR REHEARING (E-MAIL)
04/17/2012 DISP-REHEARING DY Respondents' Motion for Rehearing is hereby denied.(RC)
05/21/2012 MANDATE CC: COUNSEL
05/21/2012 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT RETURNED Hon. James Birkhold BY: Hon. James Birkhold 3 VOLUMES
05/31/2012 MAIL RETURNED MANDATE DATED 05/21/2012, NO FORWARDING ADDRESS MR Florida Health Care Assoc. BY: MR Karen L. Goldsmith 274534
05/31/2012 MAIL RETURNED MANDATE DATED 05/21/2012, MR Florida Health Care Assoc. BY: MR Jonathan S. Grout 296066
10/18/2012 ARCHIVES File