Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of November 25 - 29, 2019

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Anderson v. Wilco Life Ins Co - interlocutory, CAFA, amount-in-controversy
US v. Perez - sentencing

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

McGraw v. State - search and seizure, blood draw
In re Fl R Parenting - corrected amendments
In re Fl R Parenting - correction notice
In re Fl R Juv P - amended rules
In re Judges - certification, additional judges
In re Fla R App P - amended rules
In re Fla R App P - rehearing order

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Carter Dev v. Howard - real property, breach of contract
Burns v. Cole - equitable distribution
Indian River Sch Dist v. Cruce - workers’ compensation
Titusville v. Taylor - workers’ compensation
Philip Morris v. Freeman - Engle progeny, limitations, stipulation
Hughes v. Binney - time-sharing
Bustamante v. O’Brien - time-sharing, final judgment modification/clarification

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Kozel v. Kozel - settlement enforcement, post-judgment
Musgrave v. Musgrave - marital dissolution
Garcia v. State - certiorari, Stand Your Ground
Miller v. State - post-conviction relief

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

YN v. State - delinquency, cross-exam, scope 
Philip Morris v. Sommers - punitive damages
Alvarez-Mena v. Miami-Dade - false arrest, malicious prosecution
Thilloy v. Ciccone-Capri - contempt, marital dissolution
Magnolia Ct v. Moon - service of process
King v. Baptist Hosp - apparent agency
NB v. DCF - parental rights, termination
Fair v. State - post-conviction relief
De Quesada v. State - post-conviction relief

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Little v. State - competency
Lewis v. State - sentencing
Allegro v. Pearson - breach of contract 
State v. Martin - search and seizure
Williams v. Citizens - appraisal
Sims v. State - sentencing

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

No decisions this week

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