Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of August 1 - 5, 2022

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Bastias v. US Atty Gen - immigration, removal, concurrence
Club Madonna v. City of Miami Beach - First Amendment, concurrence
Dickenson v. NPAS Solutions - class actions, en banc denial, dissent
Edmondson v. Velvet Lifestyles - Lanham Act, summary judgment
Police & Fire Retirement Sys of Detroit v. Axogen - securities, concurrence
S.S. v. Cobb Cnty Sch Dist - appellate jurisdiction

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

No decisions this week

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

LF v. DCF - parental rights, termination
JJZ v. DCF - parental rights, termination
Hall v. Cooks - historic monument, challenges
Allen v. Allen - reopening evidence
Gordon v. State - postconviction relief

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Mitchell v. Flatt -discovery sanctions
Gualtieri v. Bogle - sovereign immunity
Kim v. Galasso - real property, timber
Synergy Contracting v. Fed’d Nat’l Ins - insurance, appraisal, confession

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Vital v. Summertree Village CA - foreclosure, confession
Azran Miami 2 v. US Bank - appellate sanctions
Mattino v. Marathon - comprehensive plan
Bresile v. State - probation revocation
Buset v. HSBC - appellate sanctions
Ecuador v. Dassum - res judicata, collateral estoppel
Perez v. Estate of Reitman - clerk’s sale, surplus funds
Nesbitt v. Safepoint Ins - insurance, summary judgment
Suhaag Garden v. Lloyds London - insurance, Covid-19
Henderson v. State - sexually violent predator
Jordan v. State - sentencing
Henry v. RAAC - appellate jurisdiction
MMW v. JW - parental rights, termination
DOR v. Trochez - certiorari, genetic testing

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

US Bank v. Grob - nonnegotiable instrument, standing
Cadavid v. Saporta - sanction, false statement
Skirdulis v. State - court costs, findings
Rkhub Logistics v. Eastern Auto - summary judgment, reasons
United Auto Ins v. Buchalter - PIP, bad faith

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Ahmed v. Mid Fla Development - summary judgment, material fact
Brown v. Norwood - dissolution, net income, child support
State v. Phipps - suppression, wiretaps
Walker v. State - Anders appeal, clerical errors
SPC v. Catuogno - temporary injunction, lack of transcript, facial error
Maldonado v. State - probation violation, written order
DJS v. Volusia Sheriff - risk protection order, record support
Williams v. State - Spencer warning, pro se

©2026 Carlton Fields, P.A. Carlton Fields practices law in California through Carlton Fields, LLP. Carlton Fields publications should not be construed as legal advice on any specific facts or circumstances. The contents are intended for general information and educational purposes only, and should not be relied on as if it were advice about a particular fact situation. The distribution of this publication is not intended to create, and receipt of it does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship with Carlton Fields. This publication may not be quoted or referred to in any other publication or proceeding without the prior written consent of the firm, to be given or withheld at our discretion. To request reprint permission for any of our publications, please use our Contact Us form via the link below. The views set forth herein are the personal views of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the firm. This site may contain hypertext links to information created and maintained by other entities. Carlton Fields does not control or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this outside information, nor is the inclusion of a link to be intended as an endorsement of those outside sites.

Weekly updates on decisions from Florida's appellate courts and the Eleventh Circuit.

Recent Posts

Editorial Contacts

Archives

Jump to Page

Carlton Fields, P.A. Cookie Preference Center

Your Privacy

When you visit our website, we use cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences, or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. For more information about how we use Cookies, please see our Privacy Policy.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Always Active

Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. These cookies may only be disabled by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.

Functional Cookies

Always Active

Some functions of the site require remembering user choices, for example your cookie preference, or keyword search highlighting. These do not store any personal information.

Form Submissions

Always Active

When submitting your data, for example on a contact form or event registration, a cookie might be used to monitor the state of your submission across pages.

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage. We access and process information from these cookies at an aggregate level.

Powered by Firmseek