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Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of July 1-3, 2024
July 03, 2024

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Goldfarb v. Reliance Std Life Ins - accident coverage, mountain climber, unrecovered body

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee


Herard v. State - capital case, direct appeal
In re Fla Prob R - amended rules
In re Fla R Civ P - amended rules
In re R Reg Fla Bar - amended rule

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee


Mattingly v. Hatfield - grandparent visitation, UCCJA
Blackmon v. State - Anders brief stricken, standards
McCray v. McCray - Applegate affirmance
Burns v. State - sentencing
State v. Gibson - sentencing
White v. DOR - appellate jurisdiction, administrative review

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg


No decisions yet this week

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami


Combined Srvs v. Opa-Locka - class action, notice, preservation
Arcamone v. State - excited utterance, probation supervision fee
Aria on the Bay CA v. Bayshore Plaza I - transfer, assignability
SF v. Agency for Persons with Disabilities - intellectual disability, evidence, preservation
Louis v. State - postconviction relief
SM v. DCF - certiorari, disposition, conditions for return
Smith v. State - postconviction relief
Byers v. Digital Radiology - certiorari, discovery, accounting

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach


Lawnwood v. Rouse - en banc, arbitration, trial de novo, certified conflict
Broward Sch. Bd. v. State Farm - PIP, sovereign immunity, certified conflict
Guzman v. Lazzari - Fabre, expert
Scherf v. Tom Krips Constr. - lien foreclosure, amendment
Stucky v. BMW - appeal deadline, motion to vacate
Muscella v. Johnson - eviction, rent

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach


No decisions yet this week

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland


Abrams v. State -  sentencing
State v. Riley -  death sentencing procedure
Wilson v. State - sentencing

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