Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of August 11 - 15, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Huggins v. Manatee Sch Dist - First Amendment, qualified immunity, amending pleadings
Andre v. Clayton Cnty - Atlanta airport random searches, constitutional challenge, qualified immunity
USA v. Buchanan - counterfeit checks, various offenses, evidence, sentencing
Parnell v. USA - postconviction relief, ineffective assistance
TL90108 v. Ford - bankruptcy, equitable tolling, prior panel precedent
USA v. Louis - speedy trial, waiver, robbery, evidence, jury instructions
Mullin v. Dep’t of Vet Affairs - disability discrimination

Bates v. State - capital case, postconviction relief

Coullias v. State - sentencing
McCray v. State - cross-examination
Jenkins v. State - Anders brief stricken
Brothers v. Percy - medical malpractice, presuit requirements, IIED
AK Land Title v. Hurd - real property, easement, injunction
Dewalld v. Manatee Sch Dist - workers’ compensation
Colon v. Summers - habeas corpus
Eastpoint Roofing v. Standing Seam Roofing - appellate jurisdiction, nonfinal appeal

State v. Kilburn - certiorari, evidence, breath alcohol tests
McGee v. McGee - trusts, reformation
Kabaa v. Ortho Neuro Surgical - punitive damages
Atmore v. State - robbery, jury instructions, lesser included
11851 Skylake v. Turlington - right to fees, reversal without transcript

Cruz v. 5101 RE CO - appellate jurisdiction, attorney’s fees
Stevenson v. Israeli - improper closing, fundamental error
Oropeza v. Citizens - summary judgment, conflicting evidence
Gonzalez v. Rodriguez - attorney’s fees, evidence
Garcia v. Piper - non-residential property, tax assessment
Johnson v. State - driving while license suspended, evidence
Grudenic v. Singh - default, service of process
Perez v. State - sale of cocaine, hearsay
Seme v. State Attorney Office - production of mandamus petition
Hernandez v. Burleigh House - unjust enrichment, construction lien
Buck v. Santos - malicious prosecution, settlement
Harris v. Dazzo - certiorari, arbitral immunity
YT v. DCF - dependency, evidence
Palma v. Alamilla - disqualification of counsel

Stukins v. State - lay opinion testimony, harmless error
Maestrales v. Maestrales - personal representative, removal
Thermidor v. Pierre - marital dissolution, child support
Farrell v. Chartock - juror misconduct, diligence
State v. Marshall - DUI, blood test, consent
Goya v. Hayashida - marital dissolution, pro se, AI cases
Derefaka v. State - sentencing, time served
Shaw v. State - sentencing, statutory fines
Manna v. State - sentencing, Marsy’s Law

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Crist v. State - rehearing en banc; driver’s license, sexual predator designation
Britt v. State - Anders appeal, scrivener’s error, costs
Somers v. State - Anders appeal, cost of investigation
Sussman v. State - postconviction relief
Stephens v. State - Anders appeal, jail credit

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Reina v. Klisivitch - exclusion of evidence
Upland Ventures v. Diaz-Pichardo - foreclosure sale
Williams v. State - jury instruction, preservation
State v. Herard - retroactivity of statute
Universal Prop v. Ron Hester Restorations - preservation, insufficient record
Fortson v. State - postconviction relief
Balch v. WBL SPO I - intervention
Gunsby v. State - motion for acquittal
James v. Deutsche Bank - summary disposition

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