Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of June 16 - 20, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Hicks v. Middleton - vicarious liability, employment, course and scope
UHS v. Sec’y of Labor - OSHA, workplace violence, employer
JF v. Carnival - negligence, cruise, sexual assault

Fla Bar v. Martinez - attorney discipline
Lorenzo v. State - capital case, direct appeal
In re Fla R Civ P - amended rule

Colston v. State - murder, evidence, GPS records, cell phone data
Miller v. Conney - future medical expenses, radiofrequency ablation
Cota v. State - Nelson, Faretta hearings
Stettin v. Home Depot - workers’ compensation
Nelson v. State - habitual traffic offenders
State v. Beaman - sentencing
Gooch v. Cowan - mandamus, right to hearing
GEICO v. Hines - certiorari, jurisdiction

Wiendl v. Wiendl - certiorari, “abusive litigant” sanctions
Brito v. Citizens - insurance, first party, damages
Seaborn v. Seaborn - real property, partition, rental value

Turner v. State - closing, harmless error
Eloquence v. CDC Builders - jury instructions, modification
Wilczek v. Calafell - personal injuries, evidence
Menada v. Arevalo - amendment, punitive damages, evidence, concurrence
Husarek v. State - resisting without violence, preservation
Catalina W v. First Cmty - duty to defend or indemnify, physical abuse exclusion, dissent
Universal v. Kattan - attorney’s fees, multiplier, evidence
Ventura v. State - rehearing, carjacking, sentence
Garcia v. Winn-Dixie Stores - summary judgment hearing, continuance
U.S. Alliance v.  Apeiron - worthless check, attorney’s fees
Aquastar v. Peckar & Abramson - extinguishment of mortgage, attorney’s fees, non-party
Alvarez v. Gamba - summary judgment, no evidence
Nikiema v. Pascal - land, appurtenance to land
Morant v. State - postconviction relief
FR Aleman v. Kiboko - injunction, covenant not to compete
Genman v.  Rinell - tipsy coachman, contract interpretation
Damas v. ARCPE - standing, note, business records
Tropper v. Corti - judgment, evidence
Perdomo v. Teran - personal jurisdiction, affirmative relief
Acosta v. State - postconviction relief
FD v. DCF - termination of parental rights, personal appearance
Harper v. State - postconviction relief
Hall v. State - mandamus, non-party
Arias v. State - sentence, preservation
Deparias v. State - life imprisonment, constitutionality
Fresquet v. State - sentence, preservation
Simmons v. State - life imprisonment, constitutionality

Cohen v. Cohen - attorney’s fees, reasonableness, expert, § 61.16 exception

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Episcopal Children’s Srvcs v. DCF - rule amendment, APA
Schramm v. Adams Homes - summary judgment, premises liability, negligence
CAM Bradford Homes v. Arrants - unlicensed contractor, § 489.119(2), contract enforcement
Memorial Health Sys v. Hamilton Staffing - unjust enrichment, prejudgment interest, date of loss
Squires v. Squires - dissolution, modification, child support, time-sharing
Hale v. State - Anders appeal, written order
Hall v. State - suppression, inculpatory statements, pat-down search, consent

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Ghazall v. Grubb - summary disposition
Saldino v. Saldino - due process, parental timesharing
Allen v. Allen - summary disposition

The provided links above may be available for a limited time only, as courts sometimes relocate opinions on their websites. Should that occur, please use the “written opinions archive” links provided below each court header to search for the opinion using the case name. The availability of opinions through these channels may vary and is subject to the discretion of the courts.