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Title VII
EVIDENCE
Chapter 90
EVIDENCE CODE
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90.406 Routine practice.Evidence of the routine practice of an organization, whether corroborated or not and regardless of the presence of eyewitnesses, is admissible to prove that the conduct of the organization on a particular occasion was in conformity with the routine practice.
History.s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379.

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Cases Citing Statute 90.406

Total Results: 30

State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. Higgins

788 So. 2d 992, 2001 WL 6187

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 3, 2001 | Docket: 1286759

Cited 26 times | Published

...State Farm had the burden of proving cancellation in accordance with the provisions of the policy. See Cat `N Fiddle, Inc. v. Century Ins. Co., 213 So.2d 701, 704 (Fla.1968); Best Meridian Ins. Co. v. Tuaty, 752 So.2d 733, 735 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). Under section 90.406, Florida Statutes (2000), evidence of a business routine with regard to mailing letters is admissible to show that the letter in question was mailed in accordance with the routine practice....

Thigpen v. United Parcel Services, Inc.

990 So. 2d 639, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 13824, 2008 WL 4146663

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 10, 2008 | Docket: 1687449

Cited 10 times | Published

...The trial judge correctly rejected that argument during trial. The Code expressly permits evidence that a corporation acted in conformity with corporate policy. [6] The argument that Findeisen's experience in the corporation was too remote to be reliable is misplaced in the organizational context of § 90.406....
...can possibly be, upsetting it very rarely and only with undeniable provocation."). [5] And then we would have a Puryear problem. See Puryear v. State, 810 So.2d 901 (Fla.2002) ("this Court does not intentionally overrule itself sub silentio."). [6] § 90.406, Fla....

Tabb Ex Rel. Tabb v. FLORIDA NICA

880 So. 2d 1253, 2004 WL 1920005

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 30, 2004 | Docket: 1294959

Cited 10 times | Published

...Tabb to prove the contrary. See §§ 90.301, .302, Fla. Stat. (2001). [3] Evidence of Memorial's routine of including a NICA brochure in each pre-registration packet is admissible to prove that Tabb received the brochure when she pre-registered. See § 90.406, Fla....
...t Tabb received the brochure. Instead, the ALJ should have weighed and considered the evidence as any other type of evidence. See Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co. v. Alvarez, 443 So.2d 279 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). In Lumbermens, the court explained the effect of section 90.406 and also explained that the evidence of a routine practice did not establish a presumption but, instead, would support only an inference that the practice was followed in the case: The impact of Section 90.406 on the case at hand is that [the defendant's] testimony as to the routine practice of the insurance agency is not to be disregarded, as it was below, merely because it is uncorroborated and indeed is contradicted by [the plaintiff's] "...

SHANDS TEACHING HOSP. AND CLINICS v. Dunn

977 So. 2d 594, 2007 WL 4105356

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 20, 2007 | Docket: 2507746

Cited 9 times | Published

...Hence we conclude that the issue was properly preserved for review. That leaves us to decide whether the trial court erred by excluding the proposed evidence of the hospital's practice. To answer this question, we turn first to the applicable statute. Section 90.406, Florida Statutes states, Evidence of the routine practice of an organization, whether corroborated or not and regardless of the presence of eyewitnesses, is admissible to prove that *599 the conduct of the organization on a particular occasion was in conformity with the routine practice. § 90.406 Fla....
...Prior to the enactment of the Evidence Code, some courts held that proof of a routine practice was admissible only if there were some independent evidence that the practice was followed at the time of the event in question. See Charles W. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence § 406.1 (2007 ed.). However, it is clear from the text of section 90.406 and the applicable cases that evidence of a routine practice is now admissible without such a showing....

Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Jones

414 So. 2d 1169

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 9, 1982 | Docket: 73857

Cited 9 times | Published

...There being competent, substantial evidence to support the findings of the trial judge, whose function it was as trier of fact to determine its credibility, the final judgment is AFFIRMED. FRANK D. UPCHURCH Jr., and COWART, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Neither at the trial level nor on appeal did either party mention or rely on section 90.406, Florida Statutes (1979), The Florida Evidence Code, which reads as follows: Evidence of the routine practice of an organization, whether corroborated or not and regardless of the presence of eyewitnesses, is admissible to prove that t...

Best Meridian Ins. Co. v. Tuaty

752 So. 2d 733, 2000 WL 313574

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 29, 2000 | Docket: 1682298

Cited 8 times | Published

...Under the Evidence Code, "Evidence of the routine practice of an organization, whether corroborated or not and *736 regardless of the presence of eyewitnesses, is admissible to prove that the conduct of the organization on a particular occasion was in conformity with the routine practice." § 90.406, Fla....

Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co. v. Ocha

472 So. 2d 1338, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1798

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 24, 1985 | Docket: 1793469

Cited 8 times | Published

...Brian testified that when he went to get his license his father accompanied him because they both knew a parent had to sign for Brian. Otis testified that he did not recall signing any documents concerning Brian's application for a driver's license. Section 90.406, Florida Statutes (1979), states: "Routine practice....

Thurman v. UAC

881 So. 2d 89, 2004 WL 1877360

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 24, 2004 | Docket: 1466198

Cited 8 times | Published

...ailing date shown on the face of the decision is, by itself, insufficient to rebut a party's claim that he or she did not receive timely notice of the decision" is neither the holding in this case nor a principle that has been adopted by this court. Section 90.406, Florida Statutes, states, Evidence of the routine practice of an organization, whether corroborated or *93 not and regardless of the presence of eyewitnesses, is admissible to prove that the conduct of the organization on a particular occasion was in conformity with the routine practice. Professor Ehrhardt in his treatise on evidence comments on the statutory section: When a business or other organization establishes a routine method of performing a particular act, proof of that routine method is admissible under section 90.406 to prove that the act occurred on a particular occasion, even though there is no corroboration that the act occurred. Evidence of a business's routine office procedure with regard to mailing letters will be admissible to show the letter in question was mailed. Charles W. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence, § 90.406 (2004 Edition)....
...utine business practices. While the cases from the other district courts cited by the majority appear to stand for the proposition that we should deviate from the general business practice rule in unemployment compensation cases, they do not cite to section 90.406, nor do they set forth a compelling reason for departing from the general rule embodied within the statute....

Eig v. INS. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA

447 So. 2d 377, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 12297

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 13, 1984 | Docket: 1312115

Cited 6 times | Published

...All appellee has introduced is an earlier personal indemnification agreement signed in 1972 for a surety bond issued to The Travel Counselor as a proprietorship in New York State. Appellee introduced the deposition of an employee who testified, pursuant to section 90.406, Florida Statutes (1981), that appellee's routine practice was to require that both a corporate and a personal indemnification agreement be signed when a surety bond was issued to a corporation....
...required. While it is no longer necessary that a party claiming routine practice offer evidence that the routine practice was followed in the particular instance at issue, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Alvarez, 443 So.2d 279 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); section 90.406, Florida Statutes (1981), the party does have to prove by competent evidence what its routine practice is....

Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co. v. Alvarez

443 So. 2d 279, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 25240

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 20, 1983 | Docket: 1458537

Cited 6 times | Published

...Giffen Industries, Inc., 281 So.2d 897, 900 (Fla. 1973) (a general presumption exists that the ordinary course of business or conduct in respect to mailing was followed in a particular case absent a contrary showing), was effectively done away with in 1979 with the enactment of Section 90.406, Florida Statutes (1979)....
...[1] That section, applicable here, provides: "Evidence of the routine practice of an organization, whether corroborated or not and regardless of the presence of eyewitnesses, is admissible to prove that the conduct of the organization on a particular occasion was in conformity with the routine practice." *281 The impact of Section 90.406 on the case at hand is that Almerico's testimony as to the routine practice of the insurance agency is not to be disregarded, as it was below, merely because it is uncorroborated and indeed is contradicted by Alvarez's "eyewitness" den...

Progressive American Ins. Co. v. Kurtz

518 So. 2d 1339, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 11742, 1987 WL 3172

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 24, 1987 | Docket: 1778576

Cited 2 times | Published

...Although Brown does not directly overrule Jarrard, this court [1] and another district court of appeal [2] have recognized that Brown appears to have abrogated the Jarrard requirement of separate evidence that customary practice was followed in a specific case. See also section 90.406, Florida Statutes, which provides that evidence of a routine practice of an organization, with corroboration or not, is admissible to prove that the conduct of the organization on a particular occasion was in conformity with the routine practice....

Marion County v. Kirk

965 So. 2d 330, 2007 WL 2735936

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 21, 2007 | Docket: 447051

Cited 1 times | Published

...In closing, we note that, even if the mandamus petition had not been procedurally improper, it would still have been erroneously entered since the trial court improperly disregarded the presumption of routine practice in mailing notices prepared by the county and delivered to MSTU for mailing. See § 90.406, Fla....

Simmons v. Roorda

601 So. 2d 609, 1992 WL 135051

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 19, 1992 | Docket: 1305210

Cited 1 times | Published

...The jury found that Appellee was not liable. Appellant raises four issues, only two of which have merit. We affirm the trial court's decision permitting a former employee of Regal Builders to testify as to his personal knowledge of the routine practices of the organization. § 90.406, Fla....

Edmonds v. U.S. Bank National Association

215 So. 3d 628, 2017 WL 1277738, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 4573

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 5, 2017 | Docket: 4669311

Cited 1 times | Published

mailing letters.” Allen, slip op. at 4; see also § 90.406, Fla. Stat. (2014); CitiMortgage, Inc. v. Hoskinson

PEGGY A. THORLTON v. NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, L L C

257 So. 3d 596

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 17, 2018 | Docket: 8040495

Published

related to routine business practices under section 90.406, Florida Statutes (2016), or lack of personal

People's Trust Insurance Co. v. Roddy

134 So. 3d 1071, 2013 WL 6081811, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 18417

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 20, 2013 | Docket: 60239024

Published

was in conformity with the routine practice.” § 90.406, Fla. Stat. (2012). This evidence went to the

Fortune Insurance Co. v. Sims

464 So. 2d 251, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 567, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 12771

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 6, 1985 | Docket: 64610197

Published

they had no other coverage. The court quoted section 90.406, Florida Statutes (1979), which provides: Evidence

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Ayers

219 So. 3d 89, 2017 WL 1175877, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 4177

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 29, 2017 | Docket: 60266967

Published

routine practice under Florida’s Evidence Code, see § 90.406, Fla. Stat. (2015), and was sufficient to preclude

Allen v. Wilmington Trust, N.A.

216 So. 3d 685, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 3970

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 24, 2017 | Docket: 4621425

Published

company’s routine business practices under section 90.406, Florida Statutes (2014), may be sufficient

McKeithan ex rel. McKeithan v. HCA Health Services of Florida

879 So. 2d 47, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 9185, 2004 WL 1462100

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 30, 2004 | Docket: 64832065

Published

of all patients within the unit. *49Although section 90.406, Florida Statutes (2003), does not apply to

Robinson v. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority

545 So. 2d 478, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1515, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 3616, 1989 WL 67501

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 21, 1989 | Docket: 64643311

Published

routine office practices of the law offices. See § 90.406, Fla.Stat. (1983). Further, an allegation regarding

Citimortgage, Inc. v. Hoskinson

200 So. 3d 191, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 10455, 2016 WL 3653523

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 8, 2016 | Docket: 4111067

Published

evidence of an organization’s routine practice. § 90.406, Fla. Stat. (2014); see Brown v. Giffen

Natacha Peuguero and Angelo Peuguero v. Bank of America, N.A.

169 So. 3d 1198, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 10774, 2015 WL 4268796

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 15, 2015 | Docket: 2679194

Published

...“Evidence of the routine practice of an organization, whether corroborated or not and regardless of the presence of eyewitnesses, is admissible to prove that the conduct of the organization on a particular occasion was in conformity with the routine practice.” § 90.406, Fla....

STEVEN E. SOULE v. U. S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

253 So. 3d 679

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 13, 2018 | Docket: 7428845

Published

default letter was mailed. Id. (citing § 90.406, Fla. Stat. (2014)). But the witness

Duffell v. South Walton Emergency Services, Inc.

501 So. 2d 1352, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 396

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 26, 1987 | Docket: 64624838

Published

Florida’s Evidence Code. It was inadmissible under section 90.406, relating to routine practices of organizations

REYNALDO P. SANTANA v. DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, etc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 13, 2021 | Docket: 29102437

Published

company’s routine business practices under section 90.406, Florida Statutes (20[20]), may be sufficient

Florida East Coast Properties, Inc. v. COASTAL CONST. PRODUCTS, INC.

553 So. 2d 705, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 2446, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 7281, 1989 WL 120875

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 26, 1989 | Docket: 1259110

Published

..."Evidence of the routine practice of an organization, whether corroborated or not and regardless of the presence of eyewitnesses, is admissible to prove that the conduct of the organization on a particular occasion was in conformity with the routine practice." § 90.406, Fla....

ISAIAH L. SPENCER & SHATIKA L. SPENCER v. DITECH FINANCIAL, L L C

242 So. 3d 1189

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 4, 2018 | Docket: 6354221

Published

that the default letter was mailed. Id. (citing § 90.406, Fla. Stat. (2014)). But the witness must have

PNC Bank v. Roberts

246 So. 3d 482

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 23, 2018 | Docket: 6385780

Published

were actually mailed to Borrowers in this case.4 § 90.406, Fla. Stat. (2009); Brown v. Giffen Indus., Inc

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ledford

691 So. 2d 1164, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 3995, 1997 WL 186264

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 18, 1997 | Docket: 64772546

Published

v. Jones, 414 So.2d 1169 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982); § 90.406, Fla. Stat. (1995). . We note that the Ledfords

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