Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of December 11 - 15, 2023
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Consumers’ Research v. FCC - Telecommunications Act, nondelegation doctrine
USA v. McCoy - First Step Act, sentencing
Lapham v. Walgreen - FMLA, Florida Whistleblowers Act, retaliation
USA v. Kincherlow - coercing prostitution, inducing
Ounjian v. Globoforce - Fla Whistleblowers Act, FDUTPA
Tynes v. Fla DJJ - Title VII discrimination, burden shifting
Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee
In re Fla R App P - amended rule
Gonzalez v. State - capital case, interlocutory appeal, all writs
Nairn v. State - pro se sanctions
In re Fla Prob R - amended rules
In re Fla R GP & JA - amended rule
First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee
Whitley v. State - sentencing
Seminole v. Braden - workers’ compensation
Mitchell v. Ahmed - parenting plan, modification
C&S Wholesale v. DBPR - excise tax, refund, other tobacco products
Washington v. State - evidence, controlled substance, possession by passenger
Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg
Sarasota Tennis v. CC of Sarasota HA - tortious interference, contract breach, FDUTPA
State v. Reddin - extraterritorial arrest
Welch v. State - sentencing, plea withdrawal
Treadway v. State - postconviction relief
Third District Court of Appeal - Miami
Universal v. Sunset 102 Off Park CA - leave to amend, spoliation, improper comments
Ferrer v. Larrinaga - alimony
Fertil v. Univ of Mia - Daubert challenge, causation opinion
Wello & Mom v. Clear Spring - forum selection clause
Pringle v. Pringle - unequal distribution, debt
Weiss v. BI 27 - lis pendence, fraud in execution
Miami-Dade Cnty v. Berastain - negligent supervision, breach, causation, evidence
Sadeh v. Calenzani - child support, modification
Gnaegy v. Morris - removal of personal representative and trustee, appellate jurisdiction
SDSol Techs v. Stardam - leave to amend, claim to pierce corporate veil
Ryan v. State - peremptory challenge, sentencing
Johansson v. Miami-Dade Cnty - second-tier certiorari, jurisdiction
Vill of Palmetto Bay v. 17777 Old Cutler Rd - second-tier certiorari, incorrect application of law
Roberson v. Reyes - habeas, delayed filing of charges, good cause
Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach
Fed Ins Co v. Perlmutter – punitive damages proffer, en banc, certification
Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach
State v. Crandall - resentencing
Villalba-Santos v. State - sentence, vacate
Hurlburt v. State - jail credit, summary denial, records
Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland
Maso v. Security First - certified conflict; § 627.70152, pre-suit notice
Hines v. Westgate Resorts - summary affirmance
Orosco v. Rodriguez - establishment of paternity
Mercury Indemn v. Thomas - appellate jurisdiction
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