Legal Insights

In what the court identified as an OTAC (“Order to Advance Cause”), at least one circuit court judge in Palm Beach County is requiring plaintiffs to “take action” to advance their case by either having an “answer filed” or obtaining defaults within a 14-day window from issuance of the OTAC. Although it is in the plaintiff’s best-interest to move a case forward as quickly and efficiently as possible, the 14-day timeframe set by the court is problematic for several reasons.