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Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of January 1 - 5, 2018

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Vibe Micro v. Shabanets - shotgun pleadings, Rule 8 
US v. Crabtree - healthcare fraud, double jeopardy, sentencing 
King v. US - False Claims Act, sovereign immunity 
Jara v. Nunez - Alien Tort Statute, extraterritorial conduct 
US v. Foster - real estate fraud, restitution, sentencing

Florida Supreme Court – Tallahassee

No decisions this week


First District Court of Appeal – Tallahassee

Atwater v. State - criminal competency 
US Bank v. Tranumn - certiorari, severance 
State Farm v. Hawkinson - UM coverage 
DOH v. Bayfront - injunction, trauma center operation 
Brown v. Brown - appellate jurisdiction 
Robinson v. Robinson - rule 1.540, intrinsic fraud, marital settlement 
Markovits v. State Farm - settlement proposal; service on CFO


Second District Court of Appeal – Lakeland

Black Pt v. MCM Cap - foreclosure, fees 
Baez v. State - informant's testimony, exclusion 
Dixon v. Dixon - child support, age of majority 
CM v. State - self-defense 
Jacobson v. State - postconviction relief 
Kremps v. Manatee Cnty - employment, appellate jurisdiction 
Price v. Price - equitable distribution 
GAL v. JW - dependency 
Rosado v. State - postconviction relief 
Greenberg Traurig v. Starling - charging lien 
JC v. State - culpable motion 
Lowe v. Nissan - arbitration; certified conflict 
Furman v. Furman - certiorari; attorney disqualification 
Sun ‘n Lake v. Ayala - sovereign immunity, FDUTPA


Third District Court of Appeal – Miami

DOR v. Augustin - paternity, child support 
Jockey Club v. BVK - rule 1.540, appellate jurisdiction 
Carnival v. Garcia - venue, admiralty, cruise ship 
GEICO v. Martinez - certiorari, premature bad faith claim 
Percival v. Capps - certiorari, tenant eviction 
Rhines v. State - plea withdrawal, appellate jurisdiction 
Queiroz v. Bentley Bay - corporate officers, service during deposition 
Klein v. State - prohibition, speedy trial 
Arancibia v. Castillo - prohibition, post-dismissal orders


Fourth District Court of Appeal – West Palm Beach

No decisions this week


Fifth District Court of Appeal – Daytona Beach

Wells Fargo v. Bird - attorney's fees; void mortgage 
Ash v. State - criminal, scrivener's error 
Gustavsson v. Holder - additur; compromised verdict 
McNulty v. Bowser - en banc; attorney's fees, § 742.045 
Discount Sleep v. City of Ocala - class certification, ordinance 
Linden v. Reemployment Comm - administrative appeal, timeliness
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