702 So. 2d 1243 - Polk County v. Sofka’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably 894 So. 2d 1011 - Phantom of Clearwater v. Pinellas County (2005), 87 So. 3d 704 - State v. Bowers (2012)
33 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on Cunningham v. Standard Guar. Ins. Co. · 85 So. 2d 834 - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Boone · 686 So. 2d 802 - Snider v. Snider · West 132 Feet v. City of Orlando · Mapoles v. Wilson
Most-quoted passages
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“[c]ourts are bound to take notice of the limits of their authority and if want of jurisdiction appears at any stage of the proceedings, original or appellate, the court should notice the defect and enter an appropriate order.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“I. Settlement Payment POLK COUNTY has paid to SOFKA and her attorney, John W. Frost, II, the sum of Forty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($40,000.00), the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged. By virtue of this payment, POLK COUNTY in no way admits any liability for the accident and expressly denies same. II. Stipulated Final Judgment A One Million and 00/100 Dollar ($1,000,000.00) Stipulated Final Judgment shall be entered against POLK COUNTY. This shall be a net judgment, inclusive of all setoffs due to prior settlements, this settlement, apportionments of fault, or otherwise. This One Million and 00/100 Dollar ($1,000,000.00) Stipulated Final Judgment shall be inclusive of all costs and fees. This Stipulated Final Judgment shall not be recorded or docketed or executed against POLK COUNTY unless such is required in order to pursue a claims bill as set forth in Part IV(A) of this Agreement. III. Appeal A. POLK COUNTY shall be entitled to exhaust all appeals from the entry of the Stipulated Final Judgment. The record on appeal shall be the record as it exists at the time of the entry of the Stipulated Final Judgment. The parties stipulate and agree that the intermediate appellate court has jurisdiction to hear POLK COUNTY's appeal of the Stipulated Final Judgment, that POLK COUNTY has standing to bring said appeal and that such appeal shall be brought on only either or both of the two (2) issues listed below. The parties stipulate and agree that either of the below l”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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