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Fifth District: Arguments at Hearings

By Matt Conigliaro, Esq.

This decision from the Fifth District involved an affidavit submitted on the day of a summary judgment hearing. The trial court disregarded the affidavit as untimely, but the affidavit contained only legal argument, not facts. The appellate court reversed the entry of summary judgment, holding that the trial court should have considered the affidavit's legal challenge.

Full post as published by Abstract Appeal on June 16, 2008 (boomark / email).