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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of June 30 - July 3, 2025
July 03, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Lamonaco v. Experian - arbitration
Labriola v. Miami-Dade - employment, First Amendment
Wood v. Fla DOE - school, transgender, § 1000.071, First Amendment
USA v. Philossaint - forfeiture, fraud, PPP loans
Sockwell v. Ala DOC - habeas corpus, peremptory strikes

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee


Allen v. State - capital case, postconviction relief

First Dstrict Court of Appeal - Tallahassee


Magbanua v. State - lack of transcript, Fifth Amendment privilege
Parson v. State - certiorari, probation termination, plea agreement
Snowden v. State - right to counsel, interview
Rodgers v. State - plea withdrawal

Second Distric Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg


Veloz v. State - jury instructions, driving without license, necessity defense
Lutheran Servs v. Davis - Head Start Act, unpled claim, summary judgment
Flournoy v. State - sentencing
Aribu v. State - probation revocation

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami


Warren v. State - peremptory strike, Batson challenge
Matthews v. State - postconviction relief
Marshall v. Marc Andre Petit-Homme - amendment, punitive damages, evidence
Fullcircle v. Kaiser - arbitration, waiver
Rolling v. State - repetitive pro se filings, notice
Andraus v. RP I-Drive - receiver, temporary injunction
Morgan v. State - ineffective assistance
Sonner v. DCF - fair hearing request, abandonment
Rafael v. J&C - eviction, rent deposit
Lewis v. State - postconviction relief
Afriyie v. Friend - personal jurisdiction, venue
Hilton v. H & S Car Carriers - certiorari, compulsory medical examination
Sanchez v. State - life imprisonment, constitutionality
Oramas v. Asencio - certiorari, financial discovery
Dade Medics v. Progressive - prohibition, disqualification of judge
Beaubrum v. State - life imprisonment, constitutionality

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach


State Farm v. DSE Health - insurance, No-Fault Law, maximum charges
Amer First Fed v. Trugon - foreclosure, Banking Statute of Frauds

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Pure Powersports v. 7529 Salisbury - commercial lease, pleading, damages
State Farm v. Hudnall - uninsured motorist, corrected judgment
Ellis v. State - double jeopardy, § 790.23(1)
Martinez v. Cuevas - dissolution, paternity
Davis v. State - sentence
DOR v. Gardner - certiorari; paternity testing
Bahrman v. State - Anders appeal, costs

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Burney v. State - postconviction relief
Reyes v. State - postconviction relief  
DCF v. JH - adoption application

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