Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of February 20 - 24, 2023

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

MSP Recovery v United Auto - insurance, dissent

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

No decisions this week

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Horne v. State - pro se Anders
Broward Sheriff v. Int’l Union Police Ass’ns - employment, retaliation, mootness, fees
Estremera v. FCOR - administrative review, preservation of error
Lange v. Cleveland Clinic - workers’ compensation
Debose v. State - supplementing record on appeal, public defender’s role
Ho v. State - pro se sanctions
Farmer v. State - public defender, withdrawal
DOR v. Int’l Bonded Couriers - prohibition, unadopted-rule proceeding

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

Maddox v. Maddox - marital dissolution, business valuation, alimony
Petronex v. Maddox - intellectual property, marital asset, due process
OW v. State - delinquency, search and seizure
Oana v. Lupu - arbitration, confirmation, preservation of error
E Winds Consulting v. Amerifund - standing, surplus funds
Harlow v. State - sentencing
Cornelio v. DHSMV - second-tier certiorari, license suspension
Guerin v. Countryside N CA - foreclosure, fees, findings

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Comprehensive Health Ctr v. Star Cas Ins - PIP, exhaustion
AFP 103 v. Common Wealth Tr - easement, equitable defenses, preservation
IP v. State - zoom hearing
Pershing Indus v. StoneMor - contract interpretation
Clear 2 Close v. Zap Cap - service of process, waiver, default
US Aviation Underwriters v. Turnberry Airport - subrogation, waiver
Ron v. Parrado - arbitration clause, incorporation by reference
Unlimited Turf v. CP Global Consulting - dismissal, fraud, failure to state a claim
United Auto v. Fam Rehab - PIP, attorney’s fees
Lion Intel v. Quicksilver Cap - dismissal, hearing
Delgado v. Miller - prohibition, disqualification, successor judge
Sebelen v. Bulas - summary affirmance

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Murphy v. Pankauski - legal malpractice, pleading
Neal v. Geico - bad faith, civil remedy notice, waiver
Kittles v. State - involuntary plea, wavier of counsel
Lowe v. State - objections, timeliness
Craig v. State - probation, Richardson violation
Douchard v. State - conditions of probation
Perozo v. State - continuance to hire counsel
Huerta v. Grajales - dissolution, civil contempt, ability to pay
Gillig v. State - prior crime evidence
Rios v. Arias - paternity, parenting plan

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Woods v. Woods - domestic violence injunction, substantial evidence
Benson v. Progressive Ins - summary judgment, confession of error
Colley v. State - traffic appeal, appellate jurisdiction

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Webster v. State - sentencing
May v. State - preservation of error, proffered testimony
Danforth v. Danforth - timeliness of appeal
Goodman v. Goodman - dissolution of marriage
State v. Tompkins - unreasonable seizure

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