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Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of September 23-27, 2024
September 27, 2024

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

USA v. Holland - hearsay, coconspirators
USA v. Moore - theft of property, maritime, jury instruction
USA v. Cenephat - evidence, other bad acts; sentencing
Corbitt v. Ala LEA - driver’s license, gender reassignment, Equal Protection, Free Speech

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee


GEICO v. Glassco - insurance, glass repair, Motor Vehicle Repair Act

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee


Thayer v. State - sentencing
Rasul v. DOH - emergency restriction order
Joeris v. State - ineffective assistance, appellate counsel

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg


Perez v. Webb Realty - premises liability, duty

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami


Williams v. State - Youthful Offender Act
State v. Wood - voting fraud, concurrence
Cava v. State Grp Ins - coverage, evidence
Pipistrel v. Ciccolini - personal jurisdiction, tortious act
Shaw v. State - postconviction relief
Lucas v. State - postconviction relief
Zequeira v. MMPB Grp - unpaid wages, presuit notice
Open MRI Guys v. Progressive - venue clause
Schneider v. Tirikian - default, notice, preservation
Savitsky v. Leibowitz - certiorari, temporary custody

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach


Craig v. State - inevitable discovery
Young v. State - warrantless search, good-faith exception
Vera v. State - confession by coercion
Shlimbaum v. Shlimbaum - dissolution, merger doctrine
Green v. State - scrivener’s error
Ingwell v. Ibrahim - temporary injunction, autopsy

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach


Morelli v. Bordelon - child-support modification, retroactivity
OptumRx v. Bay Pharmacy - compel arbitration, location, governing law, jurisdiction
Rodriguez v. State - sentence
Baldwin v. Lab Corp - dismissal, class claim, FCCPA
Reyes v. State - Anders appeal, written order
Milliord v. State - jail credit

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland


No decisions this week.

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