Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of March 28 - April 1, 2022

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Southern Coal v. Drummond Coal - contracts, attorney fees, concurrence
Simring v. GreenSky LLC - CAFA removal, local controversy, appellate jurisdiction
Nationwide Mutual v. A.B. - standing, declaratory judgment
Laufer v. Arpan LLC - standing, stigma injury, concurrences
US v. Williams - self-representation, forfeiture
Cho v. Surgery Partners - qui tam, first-to-file bar
Brown v. Nexus Business Solutions - FLSA overtime
O'Laughlin v. Palm Beach Cty - free speech, social media

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Airbnb v. Doe - arbitration, AAA rules
Thompson v. State - capital case, postconviction relief

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Mayhugh v. State - sentencing
Stokes v. State - postconviction relief
Golden v. State - scrivener's error
Orthopaedic Inst v. Berk - appellate jurisdiction
Chambers v. State - postconviction relief
Derice v. DeSantis - all writs jurisdiction
Fla Auto Dealers v. Hyundai - administrative hearing, standing
Freeport v. Podraza - certiorari standard
Asphalt v. DOT - stay order, review
PB v. DCF - parental rights, termination

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Ginsberg-Klemmt v. Lawrence Point CA - real property, quitclaim deed, submerged land
Gloster v. State - probation revocation
Brown v. State - postconviction relief
Beezley v. Deutsche Bank - foreclosure, equitable estoppel
Rivera Chiro v. Rosello - § 57.105
Gualtieri v. Pownall - sovereign immunity
Cooper v. State - postconviction relief
Roberts v. Direct Gen Ins - summary judgment, testimony, business records exception
Patlan v. State - plea, sexual predator, fundamental error
Durbrow v. State - sentencing
Scott v. State - postconviction relief

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Recalde v. State - postconviction relief
Ravelo v. Payret - rule 1.540, evidentiary hearing
Citizens v. Delgado - insurance, fees
Orth v. Orth - marital settlement agreement
Sunny Isles v. Gatto- public records, text messages
Perrin v. De Soleil S Bch - settlement agreement
Brickell Travel v. Apogee - default, vacatur
White v. Ascendant - insurance, uninsured motorist
Cardona v. Firstbank PR - foreclosure, default, vacatur
Guenni v. Advance Bus Cap - discovery violation

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Ripple v. CBS - wrongful death, consortium, judicial estoppel
Healthcare Underwriters v. Sanford - wrongful death, survivor life expectancy
TEB v. State - delinquency, diminished capacity evidence
People's Trust v. Restoration Genie - insurance, water mitigation, notice, remedy
Rasor v. Rasor - probate, spouse, elective share, timeliness
Chinnock v. Penn-Florida - real estate commission, breach of contract
Gooden v. People's Trust - insurance, bad faith, s. 627.155, civil remedy notice
Klement v. Kofsman - stalking, injunction, res judicata
Rivera v. State - probation, conditions, costs
US Bank v. Grob - foreclosure, HELOC, standing
RD v. DCF - certified question, parental rights
MS v. DCF - certified question, parental rights

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Nguyen v. Nguyen - default judgment, counterclaim, county court jurisdiction
LEN-CG South v. Champions Club - condominium association, arbitration
Arrington v. State - Anders appeal, scrivener's error
Turay v. McCray - measure of damages, reversal with instructions
Brooks v. Basdeo - domestic violence injunction
Jackson v. State- habeas corpus
Hoffenden v. State - Spencer warning, pro se
Trainor v. BULU2 LLC - default judgment; quiet title, fees
Standard Fire Ins v. Colonial Med Ctr - certiorari; discovery, billing manager

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