Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of April 30 - May 4, 2018
April 30, 2018
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Truesdell v. Thomas – DPPA, class cert, punitive damages
Florida Supreme Court – Tallahassee
Fla Bar v. Parrish - attorney discipline Jimenez v. State - red light cameras
Fla Bd Bar Examiners v. Ferguson - attorney readmission
Taylor v. State - capital case, postconviction relief
First District Court of Appeal – Tallahassee
Morris v. Morris - temporary custody, pick-up order Fair Insurance v. OIR - insurance rates, hearing
Schanck v. Gayhart - execution, out of state assets, stock
Johnson v. Breitenstein - conclusory appellate arguments
Moise v. Disney Pop Century - workers' compensation
Pettway v. Jacksonville - mandamus; filing, rendition dates
Graham v. Uphold - corporate custodianship
Fla Workers' Comp v. Am Residuals - employer status
Howard v. State - sentencing
TK v. State - delinquency, battery
Norton v. Am Led Tech - non-compete, trade secrets
Livingston v. State - involuntary commitment
Columbia Bank v. Joye - premature appeal
LaSalle Bank v. Griffin - prohibition; subject matter jurisdiction
De Juan v. State - sentencing
Homestead Speedway v. Homestead - administrative review, finality
Ellis v. State - police car, insignia
Global Hookah v. DBPR - tax assessments
Morris v. State - sentencing
Turbeville v. DFS - insurance license
Quillen v. Quillen - dissolution, consent judgment, contempt
Preudhomme v. Preduhomme - timesharing
Preyer v. Emerald Coast UA - premature appeal
Willoughby v. Madison Correctional - workers' compensation
Plummer v. State - sentencing
YG v. DCF - parental rights, termination
Second District Court of Appeal – Lakeland
Golfrock v. Lee Cnty - zoning, takings Greene v. State - criminal costs
US Bank v. Gonzalez - foreclosure, limitations
Denino v. Abbate - § 57.105, e-mail service, certified conflict
Fields v. Devereux Found - intentional torts, vicarious liability
Reverdes v. State - sentencing
Martin v. State - Stand Your Ground, certified question
Third District Court of Appeal – Miami
Sosataquechel v. State - postconviction relief Deutsche Bank v. Torres - foreclosure, limitations
DV v. State - constructive possession, certified conflict
Gilman v. State - sentencing
Muchnick v. Goihman - employee liability, undertaker's doctrine
State v. Gomez - mandate enforcement
Leon v. Carollo - elections, residency requirement
Kemp v. State - postconviction relief
Fourth District Court of Appeal – West Palm Beach
GSK Hollywood Dev Group v. Hollywood - Harris Act Coppinger v. State - probation
Lamb v. State - video evidence
Denton v. State - untimely production
Fleury v. State - disorderly conduct
Stengel v. State - expert evaluation; stale
Brown v. State - postconviction relief
Hart v. State - sentencing; juvenile; Eighth Amendment
Fifth District Court of Appeal – Daytona Beach
Burnett v. State - Terry stop Eustace v. State - scrivener's error
Ruiz v. State - juvenile resentencing
Grays v. State - postconviction relief; new evidence
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