Florida Statute 702.03 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

702.03 Certain foreclosures validated.—All mortgage foreclosures heretofore made, or now pending, wherein there has been annexed to the bill of complaint in such cause, an uncertified copy of the mortgage, as provided by chapter 12095, Acts of 1927, entitled: “An act to amend section 3845 RGS relating to complaint in foreclosure of mortgages” are hereby validated and confirmed insofar as they relate to the copy of the mortgage attached to such complaint, to the same extent and effect as if section 3117, RGS, had been expressly repealed by chapter 12095, 1927, entitled: “An act to amend section 3845 RGS relating to complaint in foreclosure of mortgages.”

History.—s. 1, ch. 13642, 1929; CGL 1936 Supp. 5748(1).

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·United States v. Richard Junior Frazier, 387 F.3d 1244 (11th Cir. 2004).
Cited 1155 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 65 Fed. R. Serv. 675, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 21503, 2004 WL 2320339
...Proffered expert testimony generally will not help the trier of 36 fact when it offers nothing more than what lawyers for the parties can argue in closing arguments. See 4 Weinstein’s Federal Evidence § 702.03[2][a]. Because of the powerful and potentially misleading effect of expert evidence, see Daubert, 509 U.S....
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·Nelson v. State, 748 So. 2d 237 (Fla. 1999).
Cited 71 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1999 WL 343070
generally Charles W. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence § 702.3 (1997 ed.). The objection in the present case goes
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·Andrews v. State, 533 So. 2d 841 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988).
Cited 74 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1988 WL 107896
J. Weinstein & M. Berger, Weinstein's Evidence § 702[03]. (B) THE TECHNIQUE AND TESTIMONY RELATING TO
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·Clena Investments, Inc. v. XL Specialty Ins., 280 F.R.D. 653 (S.D. Fla. 2012).
Cited 21 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2012 WL 266422, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10626
...May 18, 2010). In other words, “[p]roffered expert testimony generally will not help the trier of fact when it offers nothing more than what lawyers for the parties can argue in closing arguments.” Id. at 1262-63 (citing 4 Weinstein’s Fed. Evid. § 702.03[2][a])....
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·Berry v. CSX Transp., Inc., 709 So. 2d 552 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998).
Cited 26 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 85601
dissenting; see also Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence, § 702.3 at 526 & 528 n. 18 (1997)). This debate ended when
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·Ramirez v. State, 810 So. 2d 836 (Fla. 2001).
Cited 24 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2001 WL 1628609
community."); Charles W. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence § 702.3 (2000 ed.) ("Merely counting a majority of the
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·William Booker v. Sumter Cnty. Sheriff's Off./North Am. etc, 166 So. 3d 189 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).
Cited 26 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
see Charles W. Ehrhardt, 1 Fla. Prac., Evidence § 702.3 (2014 ed.) (“In adopting the amendment to section
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·Giaimo v. Florida Autosport, Inc., 154 So. 3d 385 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014).
Cited 17 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 19498, 2014 WL 6679290
see Charles W. Ehrhardt, 1 Fla. Prac., Evidence § 702.3 (2014 ed.) (“In adopting the amendment to section
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·United States v. Masferrer, 367 F. Supp. 2d 1365 (S.D. Fla. 2005).
Cited 7 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7580, 2005 WL 1009511
...Proffered expert testimony generally will not help the trier of fact when it offers nothing more than factual and legal conclusions argued by experienced lawyers for the parties in closing arguments. Frazier, 387 F.3d at 1263-63 (quoting 4 Weinstein's Federal Evidence § 702.03)....
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·Hadden v. State, 670 So. 2d 77 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996).
Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 61135
test. 1 Charles W. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence § 702.3 & n. 11, at 524 (1995 ed.). [9] Judge Miner also
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·John R. Doolittle, as a Person Participating in the Affairs of Bay Gulf Fed. Credit Union v. Nat'l Credit Union Admin., 992 F.2d 1531 (11th Cir. 1993).
Cited 5 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 13642, 1993 WL 177195
ALJ’s findings, that D.oolittle violated 12 C.F.R. § 702.3(c)(2) by not making a proper allowance for loan
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·Dirling v. Sarasota Cnty. Gov't, 871 So. 2d 303 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004).
Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 832795
generally, Charles W. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence, § 702.3 at 627-28 (2003 Ed.). If new or novel scientific
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·Megan E. Baan, as the Pers. etc. v. Columbia Cnty., 180 So. 3d 1127 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).
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Charles W. Ehrhardt, 1 Fla. Prac., Florida Evidence § 702.3 (2015 ed.) (“When an expert is relying primarily
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·Andrew Maines & Kenneth Maines v. Marcia Drasko Fox, 190 So. 3d 1135 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016).
Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2016 WL 1741950, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 6645
expert’s opinion.” C. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence § 702.3 (2015 ed.) (quoting Gen. Elec. Co. v. Joiner
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Cases Citing F.S. 702.03

·United States v. Richard Junior Frazier, 387 F.3d 1244 (11th Cir. 2004).

·Nelson v. State, 748 So. 2d 237 (Fla. 1999).

·Andrews v. State, 533 So. 2d 841 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988).

·Clena Investments, Inc. v. XL Specialty Ins., 280 F.R.D. 653 (S.D. Fla. 2012).

·Berry v. CSX Transp., Inc., 709 So. 2d 552 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998).

·Ramirez v. State, 810 So. 2d 836 (Fla. 2001).

·William Booker v. Sumter Cnty. Sheriff's Off./North Am. etc, 166 So. 3d 189 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).

·Giaimo v. Florida Autosport, Inc., 154 So. 3d 385 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014).

·United States v. Masferrer, 367 F. Supp. 2d 1365 (S.D. Fla. 2005).

·Hadden v. State, 670 So. 2d 77 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996).

·John R. Doolittle, as a Person Participating in the Affairs of Bay Gulf Fed. Credit Union v. Nat'l Credit Union Admin., 992 F.2d 1531 (11th Cir. 1993).

·Dirling v. Sarasota Cnty. Gov't, 871 So. 2d 303 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004).

·Megan E. Baan, as the Pers. etc. v. Columbia Cnty., 180 So. 3d 1127 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).

·Andrew Maines & Kenneth Maines v. Marcia Drasko Fox, 190 So. 3d 1135 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016).