The Master Taxonomy
Statewide Core v1.0 (source check 2026-07-11)Florida civil litigation as an ontology: 6 forums, 46 case families, 1,826 subtypes, 6 remedy families, and the cross-cutting defense catalog. A matter is never one "case type" — claims, defenses, remedies, and procedural gates attach many-to-many. No static list identifies every conceivable action; this captures the recurring families and their major subtypes, each pointing at its primary authorities.
Citations resolve against the 2025 Florida Statutes edition; 2026 session laws effective on/after 2026-07-01 are maintained as a session-law overlay until codified. Court-rule amendments effective 2026-01-01 and 2026-04-01 apply.
Forums
TV-FL-FORUM-01
Florida Small Claims
Civil claims demanding money or property worth $8,000 or less, excluding costs, interest, and attorney's fees, unless within another court's exclusive jurisdiction.
Fla. Sm. Cl. R. 7.010
TV-FL-FORUM-02
County Civil Court
Actions at law up to $50,000 (excluding interest, costs, fees) unless exclusive jurisdiction lies elsewhere.
§ 34.01, Fla. Stat. · Ch. 51 / § 51.011, Fla. Stat. · Fla. Sm. Cl. R. · Fla. R. Civ. P. where applicable
TV-FL-FORUM-03
Circuit Civil Court
General jurisdiction: damages above county limits, equity, and matters not assigned to county court.
§ 26.012, Fla. Stat.
TV-FL-FORUM-04
Administrative and Quasi-Judicial Proceedings
Civil disputes beginning outside a conventional trial court.
Ch. 120, Fla. Stat. · Ch. 162, Fla. Stat. · agency organic statutes · Fla. Admin. Code
TV-FL-FORUM-05
Florida Federal Civil Cases
Federal-question, diversity, removal, and specialty federal jurisdiction; state and federal claims may coexist.
28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332, 1441, 1446
TV-FL-FORUM-06
Appellate and Extraordinary-Writ Proceedings
The correct appellate route derives from the originating forum, order type, statute, rule, and rendition date.
Fla. R. App. P. · § 162.11, Fla. Stat.
Case families (46)
Remedies — a remedy is not a cause of action
TV-FL-REM-01
Equitable and Declaratory Remedies
Declaratory judgment · Temporary restraining order · Temporary injunction · Preliminary injunction · Permanent injunction · Mandatory injunction · Specific performance · Rescission · Reformation · Cancellation of instrument · Accounting · Constructive trust · Resulting trust · Equitable lien · Equitable subrogation · Receivership · Appointment of custodian · Partition · Quiet title · Ejectment · Interpleader · Disgorgement · Restitution · Preservation of evidence · Inspection order
Ch. 60 · Ch. 64 · Ch. 65 · Ch. 66 · Ch. 86, Fla. Stat.
TV-FL-REM-02
Provisional Property Remedies
Attachment · Prejudgment garnishment · Replevin · Lis pendens · Sequestration · Temporary receiver · Bonding off lien · Injunction against transfer · Constructive trust over proceeds
Chs. 76–78, Fla. Stat. · § 48.23, Fla. Stat.
TV-FL-REM-03
Damages
Compensatory damages · Economic damages · Noneconomic damages · Nominal damages · Consequential damages · Incidental damages · Lost profits · Lost wages · Loss of earning capacity · Medical expenses · Property repair · Replacement value · Diminution in value · Loss of use · Emotional distress · Consortium · Wrongful death damages · Statutory damages · Treble damages · Punitive damages (§ 768.72 pleading gate) · Liquidated damages · Disgorgement · Restitution · Prejudgment and post-judgment interest · Medical-expense evidence limits (§ 768.0427 in covered cases)
§ 768.72, Fla. Stat. · § 768.0427, Fla. Stat.
TV-FL-REM-04
Attorney's Fees, Costs, and Sanctions
Contractual prevailing-party fees · Reciprocal contractual fees (§ 57.105(7)) · Statutory prevailing-party fees · One-way fee statutes where still applicable · Proposal-for-settlement fees (§ 768.79 / R. 1.442 — amended eff. 2026-01-01) · Sanctions under § 57.105 · Discovery sanctions · Contempt sanctions · Appellate fees · Common-fund fees · Charging liens · Taxable costs · Expert-witness costs · Public-records fees · Civil-rights fees · Association litigation fees · Consumer-protection fees · Civil-theft fees · Insurance fees (subject to current statutory restrictions)
Ch. 57 · Ch. 768, Fla. Stat. · § 768.79 · Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.442
TV-FL-REM-05
Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Motion to compel arbitration · Motion to stay litigation · Arbitrability dispute · Delegation-clause dispute · Arbitration waiver · Selection of arbitrator · Provisional relief pending arbitration · Confirmation of award · Vacatur · Modification or correction · Enforcement of foreign arbitration award · Court-ordered mediation · Presuit mediation · HOA mediation · Condominium or mobile-home arbitration · Medical-malpractice presuit screening · Construction-defect presuit process
Ch. 44 · Ch. 682, Fla. Stat. · claim-specific statutes
TV-FL-REM-06
Judgment Enforcement
Record judgment · Judgment lien · Execution · Levy · Sheriff's sale · Garnishment · Proceedings supplementary · Discovery in aid of execution · Charging order · Turnover order · Fraudulent-transfer action · Receiver · Domestication of foreign judgment · Recognition of foreign-country judgment · Contempt · Satisfaction · Exemption claim · Homestead exemption · Head-of-family wage exemption · Tenancy-by-the-entireties defense
Ch. 55 · Ch. 56 · Ch. 77 · Ch. 726, Fla. Stat.
Cross-cutting defenses
Jurisdiction and procedure
Lack of subject-matter jurisdiction · Lack of personal jurisdiction · Defective service · Insufficient process · Improper venue · Forum non conveniens · Forum-selection clause · Arbitration · Removal · Abstention · Failure to join indispensable party · Lack of capacity · Lack of standing · Mootness · Ripeness · Political question · Administrative exhaustion · Failure to satisfy presuit notice · Failure of condition precedent
Time bars (map ch. 95 at the individual-claim level)
Statute of limitations · Statute of repose · Contractual limitations period · Accrual dispute · Delayed discovery · Fraudulent concealment · Continuing tort · Relation back · Equitable tolling · Laches
Preclusion and disposition
Res judicata · Collateral estoppel · Law of the case · Release · Settlement · Accord and satisfaction · Satisfaction of judgment · Covenant not to sue · Bankruptcy discharge · Claim splitting · Judicial estoppel
Tort defenses
Comparative negligence (§ 768.81 — >50% claimant-fault bar in covered actions; medical-negligence exception; version by date) · Nonparty fault · Assumption of risk · Avoidable consequences · Failure to mitigate · Superseding cause · Lack of duty · Lack of causation · Lack of damages · Open and obvious condition · Natural accumulation or condition defenses · Recreational-use immunity · Workers' compensation immunity · Sovereign immunity (§ 768.28) · Parental, judicial, legislative, or other recognized immunity · Statutory caps · Consent · Privilege · Self-defense · Defense of others or property
Contract and business defenses
No contract formation · Lack of consideration · Statute of frauds · Illegality · Unconscionability · Mutual mistake · Duress · Waiver · Estoppel · Novation · Modification · Substantial performance · Prior material breach · Impossibility · Impracticability · Frustration of purpose · Force majeure · Failure to mitigate · Limitation of liability · Exclusive remedy · Warranty disclaimer · Economic-loss / independent-tort doctrine · Business-judgment rule · Lack of fiduciary relationship · Truth, opinion, or privilege (defamation) · Legitimate business interest (restrictive covenants)
Property and association defenses
Selective enforcement · Waiver · Abandonment · Ambiguity · MRTA expiration (ch. 712) · Lack of notice · Failure to follow governing documents · Ultra vires action · Unreasonable rule · Estoppel · Adverse possession · Prescriptive easement · Bona fide purchaser · Homestead · Lien priority · Payment · Satisfaction · Statute of limitations
Procedural gates — objects, not footnotes
Demand letter · Notice of claim · Sovereign-immunity notice (§ 768.28) · Medical-malpractice presuit (ch. 766) · Construction-defect notice (ch. 558) · Defamation media notice (§ 770.01) · Civil-theft demand (§ 772.11) · Insurance civil-remedy notice (§ 624.155) · HOA presuit mediation (ch. 720) · Condominium arbitration (ch. 718) · Administrative exhaustion · Agency petition deadline (ch. 120) · Code-enforcement appeal deadline (§ 162.11) · Statutory waiting period · Contractual cure period · Arbitration demand · Appraisal demand · Notice to owner (ch. 713) · Contractor's final-payment affidavit (§ 713.06) · Notice of contest of lien · Proposal for settlement (§ 768.79 / R. 1.442)
Gates attach to matters in the workspace and drive deadlines through the Deadline Engine. A claim with an uncleared gate is a malpractice trap, and the platform treats it as one.