Fla. Judge Reports Major Progress in E-Filings

Florida's Office of Judges of Compensation Claims (OJCC) saw a 680% increase in the electronic filing of documents during fiscal 2007-2008. The unprecedented growth caused the number of "e-filings" last month to close in on the total for the entire previous year, Deputy Chief Judge David Langham told fellow judges in a bulletin last week.Langham said documents uploaded and electronically filed grew from 24,133 during the year ended June 30, 2007, to 188,311 during the past fiscal year.Langham became chief deputy judge in May 2006 and said his main mission was bringing technology to the ant...