Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of January 2 - 6, 2023

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Am Builders Ins v Southern-Owners Ins Co - insurance bad faith
Braun v Amer CV Station Grp - bankruptcy plan modification
Serendipity at Sea v Lloyd’s of London - insurance, summary judgment
US v Downs - child porn
US v Ruan - mens rea, Supreme Court remand

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Coates v. RJ Reynolds - punitive damages, limits, wrongful death
In re Fla R Juv Pro - amended rules

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

RP v. DCF - dismissal, failure to prosecute
Lojares v. Silva - timesharing       
Schluck v. State - public defender, conflict, withdrawal
Richardson v. State - public defender, conflict, withdrawal
Whitfield v. State - public defender, conflict, withdrawal

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

Washington v. State - competency
Funderburk v. Ricenbaw - timesharing

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

GR OPCO v. Murillo - arbitration
State v. Rojas - sentencing, community control violation
State Farm v. Best Med Treatments - insurance, fees
7 at Blue Lagoon v. Blue Lagoon CA - real property, easement
J&R Indus v. Miron - successor corporate liability
VMA v. State - delinquency, remote hearing
Bulte v. Dollar Tree - jury selection
Smith v. Meltzer - trial court sanctions
Maiuri v. First Am Title - default, unliquidated damages
Sterling Mirror v. Waldman Barnett - rule 1.540
Oracle Elev v 8660 Bldg - trial court sanction, fraud on court
Jimenez v. Gutierrez - certiorari, stay writ of possession
McIntyre v. CIT Bank - foreclosure sale, objection
Stroud v. State - jail credit
Rodriguez v. Halsall - prohibition, judicial disqualification

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Guttenberg v. Smith & Wesson - declaratory judgment; advisory opinion
State v. Bender - DUI, Miranda
FI Capital v. South Fla Title - default judgment
Calvary Chapel v. Happ - wrongful death; arbitration
Lennar v. Wilkinsky - arbitration
Disorbo v. Amer Van Lines - jury trial, nature of claims; business judgment rule
Mane FL v. Beckman - Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, summary judgment
Zarcadoolas v. Tony - civil forfeiture, search and seizure
Etienne v. State - Richardson hearing, harmless error
Ward v. Lieber - partial dismissal, non-final order, rule 1.525, attorney’s fees
Johnson v. State - sentencing
Ramsaran v. State - sentencing, costs

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

EO Blakely v. Stetson Univ - wrongful death, release
Publix v. Alford - attorney’s fee, PFS, ambiguity
Spaude v. Comm’n on Ethics - corruption, clear and convincing evidence
Hamm v. State - Anders appeal, costs
DCF v. ST - certiorari, intervention, dependency
Jones v. State - child molestation, competency, written order
Ramakrishnan v. Ramakrishnan - dissolution, attorney’s fees, reservation of jurisdiction
DNS Auto Glass v. State Farm - confession of error
Wayte v. State - Anders appeal, costs
Nunez v. Raona - temporary modification, fee entitlement, appellate jurisdiction
Avery v. State - Spencer warning, pro se
Alexander v. State - Spencer warning, pro se
Bradley v. State - Spencer warning, pro se

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

No decisions this week