Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of October 10 - 14, 2022

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Steele v. Soc Sec Comm’r – certified question, posthumously conceived child

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Statler v. State - sexual battery, knowledge

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

CC v. APD - administrative review, timeliness
Iarussi v. Iarussi - dissolution, proposed orders, interest, imputed income
Bonhomme v. Staff Team Hotels - workers’ compensation
Jack v. State - preservation of error, sentencing
State v. Green - search and seizure
Key v. State - curtilage, burglary, fundamental error
EIG Servs v. One Call Med - arbitration, award, clarification
INVO v. Ring Power - Applegate affirmance
Atwood v. State - search and seizure
Sims Crane v. Preciado - workers’ compensation
Williams v. State - sexual battery, limitations statute
DOH v. Smith - certiorari, corporate representative deposition
Bryant v. State - prohibition, Stand Your Ground
Perez v. DOR - child support, confession of error rejected
Nilio v. Dixon - mandamus, DOC, failure to act, transfer
TL v. DCF - parental rights, termination, failure to prosecute appeal

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Battles v. State - sentencing
Pellegrino v. DOR - child support, confession of error

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Martinez v. Jones - habeas corpus, pretrial bond
Alcazar v. State - habeas corpus, pretrial detention
Sager v. Blanco - dangerous instrumentality, vicarious liability, weaponized vehicle
Avant Design v. Aquastar - contract, fraud, FDUTPA, lien
Polynice v. Burger King - new trial, scope of relief
Duncan v. Franklin - child support
Cabrera v. AHCA - administrative review, Medicaid participation
Mendoza v. State - probation revocation
Gidwani v. Roberts - fees, costs
Gonzalez v. Faccidomo - retainer, refund

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Leposky v. Ego - temporary injunction; asset freeze
Versace v. Uruven - garnishment; tenancy by entireties
Skirdulis v. State - prosecution costs
Air Qual Experts v. Family Secur Ins - assignment of benefits
Benitez v. Universal Prop - s. 627.409, misrepresentation
Williams v. State - sentencing

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Ellis v. State - Anders appeal, public defender fee
State v. Woodson - Stand Your Ground motion, facial sufficiency, evidentiary hearing
Roberts v. State - vehicular homicide, suspended license
DB v. APD - developmental disabilities, HCBS waiver
Hohns v. Thompson - summary judgment; promissory note, requirements
Commins v. State - criminal conviction, sentence
Timmons v. State - Spencer bar, pro se
Ajanel v. State - postconviction relief, sentence
Wright v. State - Spencer warning, pro se

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