Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442
May 26, 2022345 So. 3d 845
Summary
The court amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442 to exclude nonmonetary terms from proposals for settlement, except for voluntary dismissals of all claims with prejudice and other nonmonetary terms authorized by statute. The amendment was intended to align the rule with Florida's settlement-proposal statutes, which generally contemplate comparison of monetary amounts while expressly permitting specified nonmonetary terms in certain governmental property-rights settlements. The amendments take effect July 1, 2022, at 12:01 a.m.