George Zimmerman lawsuit and Florida law

[roadtrip75]

Originally Posted by Marc Middleton

And his girlfriend has nothing to do with why he died

Then why did the defense commit the criminal fraud of inventing her?

[Corrie22]

Originally Posted by Marc Middleton

Yeah, the media is why he died..not some over zealous wanna be cop ignored a direct order from 911 and went after a teenager while carrying a gun!


And his girlfriend has nothing to do with why he died

Marc, you're off on a tare again...

The subject was Zimmerman suing attorneys and Martin's family for fraud...and that's what I answered to

...and it had absolutely nothing to do with what you posted to me

Originally Posted by groovamos

OK so I heard on a news show that George Zimmerman has sued some officials and the Trayvon Martin family for fraud involving the substitute of Trayvon's girlfriend's half-sister for the girlfriend on the witness stand.

One of the keys to his suit is that his lawyers were able to question some of the officials in the case, prosecution and investigators.

[LTU2]

Originally Posted by groovamos

OK so I heard on a news show that George Zimmerman has sued some officials and the Trayvon Martin family for fraud involving the substitute of Trayvon's girlfriend's half-sister for the girlfriend on the witness stand.

One of the keys to his suit is that his lawyers were able to question some of the officials in the case, prosecution and investigators. There is if I remember correctly, in the state law provides for a party to a suit against public officials to question under oath, those officials with a specified number of questions answerable as 'yes/no'. A refusal to answer is legally equivalent to a 'no' answer.

So is this on the books as I gathered from the show?? If so what is the moniker for it? I would assume a constitutional provision if it exists. Anyone?

Not sure of facts or how you interpreted them, but the FL Rules of Civil Procedure control. For instance, a check shows there is a 30 question limit on Interrogatories. This may be what you think you heard or some such Rule concerning written depositions/requests for admissions, etc. A Florida Attorney would be able to offer guidance and could suggest a few ideas on what it could be.

As far as any question not answered = to a NO, never heard that. A refusal to answer may be by some, I suppose, considered an Adopted Admission of YES, I have seen that in cases!

A FL lawyer would know the rules and case law on each.

Does that help any??