Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of July 27 - 31, 2026

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

USA v. Hernandez - closing argument time, jury selection and instructions
Jones v. USA - sovereign immunity, admiralty, TVA
African People’s Ed v. Pinellas - COVID grants, First Amendment, equal protection
Pine Hill v. 3M - removal, federal officer
Demitt v. Lockheed - Daubert, expert exclusion

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

No decisions this week

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Torbit v. State - sexual battery, evidence
Nixon v. State - evidence, prior consistent statement
Jones v. DOH - employment, whistleblower, First Amendment

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

Boselli v. State - attorney discipline
Hillsborough Cnty v. Giambrone - injunction, employees, medical marijuana use
Hurst v. Bell - adding insurer to judgment, fees
Pugh v. ASI Preferred - forum non conveniens
Benhalima v. Iakovenko - stalking injunction, evidence

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Rodriguez v. Gonzalez - marital dissolution, right to counsel
Servitje-Labarrere v. Quintana - tortious interference
Grandview Palace v. Judge - stacked inferences, causation
Gregorian v. Alhambra Auto - jurisdictional discovery
Alvarado v. 34 Plaza - landlord tenant, rent dispute
Kaller v. Universal Ins - directed verdict standard
Stanley v. State - life imprisonment
O'Neal v. State - postconviction relief
Padilla v. Bankers Title - preservation, insufficient brief
Izulina v. Immigration Center - default, excusable neglect
Scheider v. Hinterseer-Scheider - marital dissolution, domicile, service
Pino v. Hudson Ins - insurance policy construction
Hadley v. State - postconviction relief
Cosby v. State - gun photo, relevance, rule 403
Wall Street v. SDSol - certiorari, discovery, trade secrets
Leff v. Larez - vacated default, notice
Zorella v. Tandy - fees, lodestar, Rowe
Butler v. Mercantile Cap - summary affirmance
Nearing v. Rodriguez - law of the case doctrine 

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Lamet v. Feinerman - common law indemnity, pleading
Mathis v. Mathis - marital dissolution, imputed income
Liston v. Salvi - amendment, punitive damages
Gold v. Cambridge - attorney disqualification, timeliness
Broward Sheriff v. Alhadeff - school shooting, sovereign immunity

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

White v. State - postconviction relief
Jeffries v. State - suppression, citizen’s arrest
Ford Motor Co v. Hetsler - product liability, inference, malfunction, normal use
Ford Motor Co v. Hetsler - dissental
Gleason v. IFP Development - settlement agreement, enforcement
Northwest Baptist v. Trustee Corp - real property, summary judgment, standing
FDEP v. EO Zoll - sovereign immunity; planning-level decision, known danger, readily apparent
Gallion v. State - Spencer warning, pro se
Diaz v. Marqui Longwood - Spencer warning, pro se
DCF v. JG - parental rights, termination

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Atout v. Rozanc - independent tort doctrine
Smith v. State - probation revocation
Wasko v. State - preservation
Dalmas v. State - postconviction relief
Turner v. Santiago - insufficient record
Key v. State - habeas corpus


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