Five trial court circuits have been chosen to test remote technology for in-person civil jury trials across Florida as a safer alternative to comply with the coronavirus social distancing safety measures.

These locations for the pilot projects of civil jury trials are at the Fourth Judicial Circuit in Jacksonville, the Seventh Judicial Circuit in Daytona Beach, the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Orlando, the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County and the Twentieth Judicial Circuit in Fort Myers, according to Craig Waters, the public information officer for the Florida Supreme Court.