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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VII
EVIDENCE
Chapter 90
EVIDENCE CODE
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F.S. 90.956
90.956 Summaries.When it is not convenient to examine in court the contents of voluminous writings, recordings, or photographs, a party may present them in the form of a chart, summary, or calculation by calling a qualified witness. The party intending to use such a summary must give timely written notice of his or her intention to use the summary, proof of which shall be filed with the court, and shall make the summary and the originals or duplicates of the data from which the summary is compiled available for examination or copying, or both, by other parties at a reasonable time and place. A judge may order that they be produced in court.
History.s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 503, ch. 95-147.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 90.956
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 90.956.



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GREEN TREE SERVICING, LLC, v. SIMMS,, 274 So. 3d 1187 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . collection notes should not be admitted because they were a summary of records prepared under section 90.956 . . . Second, these collection notes were not summaries prepared under section 90.956, Florida Statutes, but . . . Section 90.956, Florida Statutes (2015), provides, in pertinent part, that: When it is not convenient . . .

WALTERS, v. PETGRAVE,, 248 So. 3d 1202 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . charts and summaries to establish the father's income, provided that the mother complies with section 90.956 . . .

R. CAYEA, Jr. a k a R. J. a k a v. CITIMORTGAGE, INC., 138 So. 3d 1214 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . who prepared it and the presenting party complies with the notice requirements set forth in section 90.956 . . . See § 90.956, Fla. . . . Although the Cayeas claim that the printout was a “summary” within the meaning of section 90.956, we . . . The printout was not admitted pursuant to section 90.956 and, therefore, the notice provisions of that . . .

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, v. TOTAL REHAB AND MEDICAL CENTERS, INC., 123 So. 3d 1162 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . Over Respondents’ objection, MSC was introduced into evidence as a summary based on section 90.956, Florida . . .

A. MOORE, II, v. GILLETT, 96 So. 3d 933 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . Plaintiffs’ counsel proposed to use the summary at trial in accordance with section 90.956, Florida Statutes . . .

McKOWN, v. STATE, 46 So. 3d 174 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . The state argued that it had given notice to McKown under section 90.956, Florida Statutes (2009), that . . . nor was any further predicate shown that would render it admissible as a summary pursuant to section 90.956 . . .

HEALTH OPTIONS, INC. v. PALMETTO PATHOLOGY SERVICES, P. A., 983 So. 2d 608 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . .” § 90.956, Fla. Stat. (2007). . . . finding that while failing to give written notice of a summary may be a technical violation of section 90.956 . . .

JOHNSON, v. STATE, 856 So. 2d 1085 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . nor was any further predicate shown that would render it admissible as a summary pursuant to section 90.956 . . .

T F SYSTEMS, INC. T F v. C. MALT,, 814 So. 2d 511 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . We find that the trial court properly admitted exhibit 23 under section 90.956, Florida Statutes (2000 . . . Malt was a “qualified witness” within the meaning of section 90.956 to present the summary at the hearing . . .

GTO, INC. v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION E., 783 So. 2d 1201 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . See §§ 90.803(6), 90.956, Fla.Stat. (2000); Department of General Services v. . . .

T. JOHNSON, v. L. JOHNSON,, 761 So. 2d 345 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . se is that he did not know to object to the wife’s summary because she failed to comply with section 90.956 . . .

M. BRAKE, v. E. MURPHY,, 736 So. 2d 745 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . See generally § 90.956, Fla. Stat. (1997) (evidence code provision governing summaries). . . .

ATKINS, v. STATE, 728 So. 2d 288 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . contains no indication that the State sought to introduce the information as a summary under section 90.956 . . .

COHEN COHEN, P. A. v. ANGRAND,, 710 So. 2d 166 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . See generally § 90.956, Fla. Stat. (1997) (evidence code provision governing summaries). . . .

E. MOORE, v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION,, 689 So. 2d 1304 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . ’s employment, but the use of such a summary should comport with the notice requirements of section 90.956 . . .

STOKUS v. T. PHILLIPS,, 651 So. 2d 1244 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . that those statements were, in effect, “summaries” of evidence, reliance upon which offended section 90.956 . . . Section 90.956, Florida Statutes (1993), provides: When it is not convenient to examine in court the . . .

BATLEMENTO, v. DOVE FOUNTAIN, INC., 593 So. 2d 234 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . EVIDENTIARY ISSUES Appellants also complain that the trial court, in violation of the requirements of section 90.956 . . .

MARKS, v. S. MARKS,, 576 So. 2d 859 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . Equally misplaced is the wife’s reliance on section 90.956, Florida Statutes (1989). . . . The proponent of expert testimony is not obliged to comply with section 90.956 when presenting the data . . . The fact that the husband did not offer a summary pursuant to section 90.956 was not a basis for excluding . . .

ANTUN INVESTMENTS CORPORATION, v. ERGAS,, 549 So. 2d 706 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . the record, contained hearsay, and constituted summaries that Ergas did not disclose as required by § 90.956 . . .

RESORTS OF KEY LARGO, INC. R. v. PHILIPPON d b a PHILIPPON d b a v. RESORTS OF KEY LARGO, INC. R., 543 So. 2d 374 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . Sarasota County Public Hospital Board, 397 So.2d 657, 661 (Fla.1981), and the Florida Evidence Code, § 90.956 . . .

JACKSONVILLE BULLS FOOTBALL, LTD. v. T. BLATT,, 535 So. 2d 626 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . See §§ 90.705, 90.956, Fla.Stat. (1985). . . .

MASON a k a v. REITER, REITER, v. MASON a k a, 531 So. 2d 348 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . use of a Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) test summary to support the paternity finding violated section 90.956 . . .

TALLAHASSEE HOUSING AUTHORITY, v. FLORIDA UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION,, 483 So. 2d 413 (Fla. 1986)

. . . Although section 90.956, Florida Statutes (1983), permits the introduction of a summary into evidence . . . Such “arguable” notice does not comport with the strict requirement of section 90.956 that timely written . . .

BOWMAR INSTRUMENT CORPORATION, v. FIDELITY ELECTRONICS, LTD. INC., 466 So. 2d 344 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . Section 90.956, Florida Statutes (1983), provides: "When it is not convenient to examine in court the . . .

S. KORNREICH SONS, INC. v. TITAN AGENCIES, INC. a, 423 So. 2d 940 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . On these facts we cannot agree that the technical violation of § 90.956, Florida Statutes (1977) was . . . Affirmed. . § 90.956, Fla.Stat. (1977) provides: When it is not convenient to examine in court the contents . . .