Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of September 16 - 20, 2019

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

US v. Florida - ADA, Rehab Act
US v. Kirby - sentencing
Boatman v. Berreto - prison mailbox rule
Managed Care Advisory Grp v. Cigna - arbitration, settlement
Schaw v. Habitat for Humanity - FHAA

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

In re R Reg Fla Bar - amended rules

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Baumgartner v. State - sentencing
Alachua Cnty v. Darnell - sheriff, budgeted funds, county commission
Brownworth v. State - probation revocation
Thompson v. Admiral Mfg - appellate jurisdiction
Liberty Mut v. Miller - appellate jurisdiction
Cummings v. State - postconviction relief
Crowell v. State - felony murder, instructions
Waste Pro USA v. Waste Pro Fla - class certification, FDUTPA
Bartletto v. State - postconviction relief
ADH v. State - competency
Thomas v. Joseph - parenting plan, modification
Norman v. DOC - mandamus, requirements

Second District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

State v. Welch - search and seizure
Stephens v. State - appellate venue
Meuse v. State - criminal restitution
FL-7 v. SWF Premium - broker, commission
TLO So Farms v. Heartland Farms - FDUTPA, inconsistent verdict, manifest weight
Angeles v. State - plea withdrawal
Mikhail v. Mikhail - child support
Dana v. Eilers - prescriptive easement

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Hullick v. Gibraltar Private B&T - defamation per se
Miami Firefighters Rt'mt v. Castro - sovereign immunity, contract
Baker v. Courts at Bayshore - rule 1.540, scrivener's error
AL v. State - speedy trial, juvenile
A&S Ent v. DOR - state audit, tax assessment, due process
Quigley v. Culbertson - marital dissolution, fees
Becker v. Becker - prohibition, judicial disqualification, prior representation
LC v. DCF - certiorari, psychological evaluation
FHSAA v. Johnson - venue; school sports eligibility, injunction

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Beard v. State - relevance, photo of handgun
Everglades Law Ctr v. SFWMD - shade meetings, mediation, confidentiality
Philip Morris USA v. Gentile - fraud, repose period, disclaimed statements
Schroeder v. MTGLQ Investors - foreclosure, doc stamps
Casiano v. State - sentencing, mootness
Fast Funds v. Aventura Orthopedic - relief from judgment, excusable neglect
Jones v. State - resentencing, jurisdiction
Fernandez v. Difiore - default, motion to vacate, due diligence
QL v. DCF - parental rights, termination, evidentiary support
Davis v. State - resentencing, jurisdiction
Condor West Invest v. Cannabis Growth Indus - supplemental pleadings
People's Trust MGA v. Pesta - certiorari; administrative remedies, failure to exhaust
Algaba v. State - pro se sanctions
Kasowitz v. Mariano - certiorari; legal malpractice, accrual, abatement
State v. Sills - certiorari; expert, prescription of controlled substances

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Williams v. River Bend - boundary dispute, water diversion
Jones v. State - suppression, warrantless search; preservation
Turner v. State - closing argument, criminal
Wehr v. State - postconviction relief, concession of error
Turnbull v. State - postconviction relief
Hoyt v. State - Spencer bar, pro se

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