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Filing # 132997315 E-Filed 08/19/2021 10:42:07 AM
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO:
TERRIE COOPER,
Plaintiff,
vs.
CYPRESS PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant
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CIVIL ACTION SUMMONS
STATE OF FLORIDA:
To Each Sheriff of Said State:
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to serve this summons and a copy of the complaint or
petition in this action on Defendants:
CYPRESS PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
c/o Department of Financial Services
PO Box 6200
200 Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL 32314-6200
Each Defendant is required to serve written defenses to the complaint or petition on Plaintiff's
Attorney, to-wit:
GRANT GRIMES, ESQUIRE
IEE Canth Avanga Avanna Gnite TSA Arlanda Dlarida 27901
200 S0UUr UTanZe AVEHUS, SURE pou, UmaiGo, m1GTIGea s20u1
(321) 234-3600; (321) 256-5367(fax)
E-Service: pleadings@thepropertyadvocates.com: team15@thepropertyadvocates.com
within twenty (20) days after service of this summons on that Defendant, exclusive of the day of
service, and to file the original of the defenses with the Clerk of the Court either before service on
Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter. If a Defendant fails to do so, a default will be entered
against that Defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint or petition.
DATED on _ Aug 19 2021
JOSEPH ABRUZZO,
As Clerk of said Court
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As Deputy Clerk
BLAKE SMITH (Court Seal)
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Hn. PAL DLA VUUINE TT, FL, vUOL II mDnuecy, ULUIAN, vUorioieue! tu.te.ur miiIN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
TN RE: STANDING ORDER FOR
CASE MANAGEMENT FOR SUBMISSION
OF AGREED CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR
CASES FILED ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 2021
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STANDING ORDER FOR CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUBMISSION OF AGREED
CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN IN CIVIL CASES
IN THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL Ci ED ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 2021
DCMSO’
Pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.200(a), Florida Rule of General Practice and
Judicial Administration 2.545, and Administrative Order 3.107 entered by the Chief Judge of this
Circuit, the parties are informed of the following information and procedures applicable to civil
lawsuits filed in the Circuit Court on or after April 30, 2021:
1. SERVICE OF THIS ORDER. The Plaintiff is directed to serve a copy of this Order
with each Summons issued in this case. One copy of this Order 1s to be filed with the Clerk of the
Circuit Court with proof of service.
2. CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. The Supreme Court of Florida has
established guidelines for the prompt processing and resolution of civil cases. This Court has
adopted a case management system to help meet those guidelines. In contested cases, the parties
are required to participate in the case management system. The case management system requires
early consultation and cooperation among the parties for the preparation and submission of an
Agreed Case Management Plan and early involvement by the Court. The Agreed Case
Management Plan requires the parties to identify a case track, confer in good faith and attempt to
narrow the matters in controversy, identify the issues that require direct involvement by the Court,
and establish a schedule for addressing those issues! The Agreed Case Management Plan may be
accessed at the Court’s website at: https://1 5thcircuit.com/civil-differentiated-forms-and-orders.
Unless all of the Defendants have been served and have been defaulted or dropped, an Agreed
Case Management Plan must be submitted to the assigned divisional queue via the Court’s online
scheduling system (OLS) as an attachment, in PDF format, to a proposed Order Accepting Agreed
Case Management Plan on or before 130 days from the date of filing of the initial complaint. If
the parties are unable to agree on an Agreed Case Management Plan by the applicable deadline, a
! Case ‘Track opiions inciude Expeatted, Streamiined, Generai, or Complex. Case ‘Tracks nave been
established in order to comply with the case disposition standards set forth in Florida Rule of General
Practice and Judicial Administration 2.250(a)(1)(B).case management conference will be scheduled by the Court or the Court will review and issue an
Order Implementing Case Management Plan without agreement of the Parties. No matters that
arise as a result of this standing order, including lack of agreement, will be set on the Court’s
Uniform Motion Calendar and will, instead, be settled by the Court either at the case management
conference or via an Order Implementing Case Management Plan without agreement of the parties.
If a case management conference is scheduled, attendance by trial counsel and those parties who
are not represented by counsel is mandatory.
If all Defendants are served and defaulted or dropped, the Plaintiff will file the appropriate
documentation to pursue a Default Final Judgment within 130 days of the filing of the complaint
and Final Judgment is to be entered or set for hearing within 150 days of the filing of the complaint.
3. MEDIATION/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR). ADR
provides parties with an out-of-court alternative to settling disagreements. Mediation is a type of
ADR wherein an independent third party attempts to arrange a settlement at a conference between
the parties. The Court requires the parties to participate in Mediation prior to trial unless the parties
agree to another form of ADR.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County,
Florida, on this 26 day of April, 2021.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE CouRT
Administrative Circuit Judge