Last fall, Leon County Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey ordered mediation — at the behest of the state and the coalition’s former directors — and set a Feb. 28 deadline for negotiations to conclude. Mediation was conducted on Jan. 6 and 7, according to court records.
Healy’s attorney, James Timko, three months ago asked Dempsey to extend other deadlines in the lawsuits, as the talks were still “progressing in good faith” beyond the February deadline.
“The parties have made significant progress and have not called an impasse to the mediation. Due to the complexity of the issues and the multiple parties involved, the parties are still conducting mediation discussions,” Timko wrote on March 26.