Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of February 25 - March 1, 2019

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

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Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

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First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Barry v. State - consolidation, collateral crime evidence
Knapp v. Knapp - child support, venue
Lanier v. State - child neglect
Windsor Falls v. Davis - attorney's fees, fees for fees, findings
State v. Dougherty - sentencing
Pearce v. Boudreaux - child relocation
Leon v. Lakeshore Gardens - certiorari, eminent domain, parties
Otis v. Craig-Myers - crime-fraud exception
RJ Reynolds v. Olson - untimely appeal
Lee Mem'l v. AHCA - Medicaid services, aliens, audit
Cape Mem'l v. AHCA - Medicaid services, aliens, audit
Davis v. Steak 'n Shake - settlement proposal, amended pleading
Smith v. State - probation revocation
Grandison v. State - postconviction relief
Askew v. State - postconviction relief
Martinez v. State - postconviction relief
Elliott v. State - postconviction relief

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Sammons v. State - right to counsel
In re Engle Progeny - jury selection, cause challenge
Nelson v. State - search and seizure
Johnson v. State - competency
Student Loan Trust v. Meyer - loans, breach, standing
Elliott v. State - right to counsel
FL-7 v. SWF - fees reversal, following merits
Harper v. GEICO - insurance, bad faith, cure
Love v. State - postconviction relief
Tracey v. Wells Fargo - insufficient evidence, scope of remand, certified question
Kenf v. Jabez Restor - unjust enrichment, damages

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Tejera v. Lincoln Lending - limitations, fraud, delayed discovery
Vision v. Coscan - settlement enforcement
AA v. State - prohibition, delinquency, contempt
Brito v. S Fid P&C - sham pleadings
Evans v. Murphy - rule 1.540, amended motion, law of the case
Del Pino Allen v. Santelises - defamation, absolute immunity
Perez v. Dwyer - lack of transcript
Polanco v. Citizens - judicial assignments, review

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Warthen v. State - sentencing
Cone v. US Bank - equitable subrogation, lien
Thompson v. State - sentencing
Martinez v. State - references to public official; unfair prejudice
Ice Legal v. Nationstar - sanctions; due process
Lake Worth Surgical v. Gates - trade secrets, confidentiality order
First Church v. Site Concepts - venue, place of payment

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Darden Restaurants v. Singh - tax assessment, tangible personal property
Rodriguez v. Rodriguez - dissolution, income withholding
Kempton v. McComb - negligence, comparative fault, alcohol or drug defense
Henry v. State - sentencing, scrivener's error
QA v. State - competency, written order
Gilchrist v. State - sentencing, juvenile
Welch v. State - postconviction relief, Spencer warning

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