Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of April 14 - 18, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Kinsale v. Pride of St Lucie - (Fla law) insurance, bad faith, duty to initiate settlement
Pipkins v. Hoover Ala - Fourth Amendment, deadly force
Vargas v. Lincare - False Claims Act
Howard v. Coonrod - parole, constitutional challenge
Fernandez v. Seaboard Marine - Cuban Liberty & Democratic Solidarity Act

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

In re Fla R Traffic Ct - amended rule

First Dstrict Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

McKinney v. State - postconviction relief
McInnis v. State - murder, evidence
James v. State - robbery, evidence, Nelson hearing
Spivey v. State - mandamus, mootness

Second Distric Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

Surratt v. State - continuance
Said v. Bell - contempt, equitable distribution

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Southpoint v. Homexpo - unlicensed contractor, contractual defenses
Ross v. State - gun, admissibility
Ahmed v. Hamilton - breach of contract, third-party beneficiary, standing
Cervantes v. State - probation revocation, evidence
Castro v. Gutierrez - injunction, sexual violence, evidence
Edelstein v. Sulzberger - probate of will, collateral action
Escalona v. People's Tr - dismissal, stipulation, leave to amend, preservation
Catamaran v. Harrison - attorney’s fees, service
Salazar v. Franco - equitable distribution, evidence
Valdez v. State - dismissal, pro se appeal
Shaw v. Shaw - timesharing, insufficient record
Quintero v. Univ of Mia - dismissal, no service
Santoro v. PJT Holdings - venue, transfer
Scott v. Broughton - clarification, insufficient record
Cordero v. State - plea, withdrawal
Nikolaev v. Nikolaev - divorce, insufficient record

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Univ Prop v. Yager - insurance, condition precedent, waiver, pleading
Robilotta v. Karkhoff - criminal contempt, child support, prosecution costs
Cayard v. US Bank - foreclosure, zoom hearing, due process, cross-exam
Schwarz v. State - molestation; marital privilege; sentencing
Jackson v. State - controlled substances, identification, sentencing
Morrell v. State - child support, child emancipation, standing
Noble v. State - Rule 1.540(b), excusable neglect, zoom hearing
Rhiner v. Lawnwood Regional - appellate jurisdiction, preservation
BD v. CD - child dependency, grandparents, guardianship, due process
Reaves v. State - aggravated battery, statute of limitations, judicial notice, hearsay
Rogers v. State - juvenile, consecutive life sentences, certified conflict

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Henderson v. State - cost of prosecution
Hamza v. McLemore - failure to substitute party, rule 1.260

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

 

Mikes v. Housing Auth of Fort Myers - landlord-tenant, notice of violation
Ballester v. State - sentencing
Kersey v. Abraham - appellate attorney’s fees
Renick v. State - postconviction relief
Thorpe v. Mem'l Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr - personal jurisdiction
Beneschott v. Toptal - interstate discovery
Sch Bd of Polk Cnty v. Keys Claims Consultants - finality of order, sovereign immunity
Nargi v. Schwartz - summary disposition


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