Court Opinion

ID: 9934162
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:53:28.347775+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:26:28.584591
License: Public Domain

I concur specially as to case no. 1051249. As to the motion for a summary judgment relating to Kathy Sawyer and James R. Finch, the majority opinion states: "The court's denial of the motion for a summary judgment was not based on State-agent immunity, it was based on the untimeliness of the motion." 984 So.2d at 1110. Sawyer and Finch may produce proof to establish State-agent immunity at trial. I do not condone ignoring filing deadlines. However, reaching the merits of a motion for a summary judgment before trial is to the benefit of both the plaintiff and the defendant. Another sanction besides denial of the summary-judgment motion for the untimely filing of the summary-judgment motion might have been appropriate.