Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of September 2 - 5, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Prospero v. Sullivan - qualified immunity, misusing 911
Nussbaumer v. Fla DCF - Free Speech, Free Exercise, domestic violence program
Whitesell v. Husqvarna - commercial contract, scope, discovery sanctions
Ashraf v. USDEA - controlled substances, authorized distribution, registration
USA v. Green - sentencing
Dershowitz v. CNN - defamation

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Suggs v. State - capital case, postconviction relief
In re Fla R Crim P - amended rules
In re Fla R App P - amended rule

First Dstrict Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Murphy v. Polk Cnty Cmmr’s - workers’ compensation
Gartman v. So Tactical Range - stay of appellate mandate
Sedgwick v. Thompson - workers’ compensation

Second Distric Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

Burton v. State - written opinion request granted, counsel withdrawal
Buchman v. McDonald - personal injury claims, posttrial setoff
Harvis v. State - sentencing
Nationwide v. Auto Glass - failure to prosecute
Ghamra v. Estate of Williams - medical malpractice presuit
Schmidt v. Thobe - contractual indemnity

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Desinor v. Citizens - summary judgment, causation, conflicting evidence
ZSF v. State - jaywalking, stop, search incident to arrest
Gutierrez v. Gutierrez - attorney’s fees, evidence
Rojas v. Best Taxi - dismissal, lack of service, no evidentiary hearing
Greenbuild v. Desrouleaux - attorney’s fees, prevailing party
Gomez v. Boardwalk RV - order granting motion to dismiss, appellate jurisdiction
Greene v. State - prison releasee re-offender, no requisite findings of fact
Canstar v. WC WH - dismissal as sanction, no evidentiary hearing
Hertz v. Auto Club - third-party claim, law of case doctrine, citation PCA
Villarreal v. Hernandez - stalking, injunction, evidence
Shaw v. Shaw - insufficient record
Smith v. Holst - insufficient record
Days v. Est of Brown - homestead, final order, vacatur, authority of successor judge
TR v. State - battery, victim’s comments, gang membership
Howard v. State - mandamus, parole release, transfer
Huerte v. Dixon - habeas, barred claims
Islamorada v. Barley - second-tier certiorari, application for abandonment
Perez v. State - postconviction relief
Dorilton v. Schwarz - forum selection clause, non-signatories
Butler v. State - prohibition, self-defense immunity, evidence
Palma v. Alamilla - disqualification of counsel
Griggs v. State - sentence, credit for time served

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Marcellus v. Peterson - inequitable conduct, attorney’s fees
Carmenate v. State - oral ruling, written order
Caporizzo v. State - expungement
Graham v. State - oral ruling, written order
Spencer v. State - immunity, self-defense
Garcia v. State - oral ruling, written order
Carlton Condo Assn v. Miniaci - punitive damages

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Bavle v. State - ineffective assistance, trial
Weaver v. State - Anders appeal, public defender fee

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Vana v. State - motion for acquittal
Nevinski v. State - double jeopardy
Davis v. State - sentencing, imposition of fines
Spiro v. State - Anders appeal, court costs
AC & JL Holdings v. Levy - summary judgment, issue of fact
Neu v. State - double jeopardy
Robinson v. Robinson - marital dissolution, equitable distribution
State v. Sipp - Miranda rights, meaning of interrogation
Maskolunas v. Lakeland Reg'l Med Ctr - statute of limitations, retroactivity  
Hamilton v. State - suppression of evidence, reasonable suspicion
Williams v. Curry - summary disposition
Carr v. Dep't of Rev - summary disposition  


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