Recent Appellate Court Case Emphasizes The Public’s Right to Records Under Public Records Act
By: George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Health Law
The following is a summary of a recent appellate case on an issue that may be relevant to those pursuing administrative hearings in health law cases or related cases:
Promenade D’Iberville v Sundy, 145 So. 3d. 980 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014)
After receiving a public records request from Promenade D’Iberville, LLC (Promenade), with whom the Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) was in active litigation in Mississippi, the JEA filed a motion for protective order in the Mississippi court to circumvent the request. The JEA eventually turned over the requested records, but only after two months […]