Think You Waived the Right to Jury Trial in Your Initial Pleading? Maybe Not.
By Kluger Kaplan July 3, 2014
By Justin B. Kaplan Young litigators are routinely taught that if a party does not demand a jury trial in its complaint (or counterclaim), it permanently waived this important right. This time-worn lesson is not necessarily correct, however. There is still hope. The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure provide: Any …