Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of July 14 - 18, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Walmart v. King - APA, ALJs, constitutional challenge
Gray v. Birchfield - employment, harassment, punitive damages, assault, battery
USA v. Rowe - prior panel precedent rule, sentencing
USA v. Mims - district court jurisdiction, unsatisfied restitution obligation
McNair v. Johnson - Prison Litigation Reform Act, malicious action
Gorecki v. SSA - Federal Vacancy Reform Act, agency head

Fletcher v. State - capital case, direct appeal, sentencing
Rojas v. UF BOT - sovereign immunity, Covid claims
JJJTB v. Schmidt - case jurisdiction, waiver
Williams v. State - capital case, direct appeal, sentencing
Black Voters Matter v. DOS - congressional redistricting
Fla Rising v. PSC - FP&L settlement
Davis v. State - capital case, postconviction relief
In re Judge Moon - judicial discipline

Estate of White v. Fla Med Exam Comm’n - § 57.105(1), frivolous litigation
State v. Johnson - search and seizure

Jones v. State - evidence, disturbing lawful assembly, resisting officer, threatening officer
Ambler v. Bayfront - charging lien
Shaffer v. Deutsche Bank - class certification, findings
Brown v. State - postconviction relief
Palomares v. State - restitution lien order
Hourglass Ent v. NRG - commercial lease, breach, damages

Santana-Ozuna v. State - trafficking in cocaine, evidence
Song v. Luo - insufficient record
Colina v. Jiang - injunction, sexual violence
Hermoso v. New Life - medical negligence, presuit investigation
Evans v. State - ineffective assistance of counsel
BW v. State - investigation, lawful execution of legal duty
Vega v. State - belated appeal, civil commitment, venue
Cuentas v. Spectrum Intelligence - insufficient record
Corripio v. Commodore Plaza - partial summary judgment, appellate jurisdiction
Steppe v. Mia Beach Realty - bench trial, sales contract, insufficient record
Perreault v. Dixon - parole release, venue
Thomas v. State - clarification, pro se filings
N Mia v. Villa - sovereign immunity, maintenance of traffic control devices
Rossi v. State  - community control, violation
Del Sol v. State - clarification, post-conviction relief

Morrell v. Alsentzer - child support, standing
Oxyde v. State - disorderly conduct
Vuletic v. Malkin - construction contract, damages
DOC v. Wright - sovereign immunity, battery, 8th Amendment, bad faith
Valentine v. Iaquinto - defamation, emotional distress, punitive damages
Dejordy v. Myers - attorney’s fees, entitlement, non-final order
Atlantic Wealth v. Brant - waiver of arbitration, discovery, noncompete
Progressive v. Walden - venue transfer, inconvenience, shifting burden, Zoom

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Quires v. Copperstone Equestrian Ctr - FDUTPA, attorney’s fees, prevailing party
Dubuc v. State - sentence, upward departure, jury finding
Erlacher v. Fla Woman Care - summary judgment, pre-suit expert affidavit, § 766.205(4)

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Ortiz v. State - jury instruction, self-defense
Khouleanghak v. State - calculation of restitution, evidentiary procedure
State v. Gafford - suppression of evidence, Miranda rights
Harrinton v. Giancola - domestic violence injunction
Forrester v. Chic Hair Designs - summary disposition
Torres v. State - postconviction relief
Guss v. 3217 Corrine - pure bill of discovery, premature discovery

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