Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of March 3 - 7, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Gray TV v. FCC - license, forfeiture, owning top stations in market
Liberty Surplus v. Kaufman - insurance, Fla law, course of construction exclusion, settlement proposal
Rivera v. US Att’y Gen - immigration, asylum

In re Fla R App P - amended rules

Nahoom v. Fla League of Cities - employment, whistleblower
McInnis v. State - murder, theft, evidence
Thompson v. Keith - habeas corpus

Brown v. Safepoint - insurance, § 627.70152, certified conflict
Blankenship v. Nautilus Homes - appellate jurisdiction, finality
Seago v. State - postconviction relief
Farrington v. Carrington Mortgage - foreclosure, fees
Cirillo v. Cirillo - marital dissolution, child support, charging lien
MGM of W Fla v. Manatee - second-tier certiorari, first tier review

Smith v. State - waiver of Miranda rights
Blanch v. Universal - mootness of appeal
Frutafino v. Chile - directed verdict, independent tort doctrine
Williams v. State - probation violation, no written order
BRP-Rotax v. Ciccolini - personal jurisdiction, no evidentiary hearing
Wright-Johnson v. State - search of automobile, plain smell, concurrence
Restrepo v. Aquino - timesharing, child support, modification
Verdasco v. Vazquez - parental responsibility, equitable distribution, attorney’s fees
Verela v. State - information, no deadly weapon allegations
State v. Alahmari - lack of prosecution, sue sponte dismissal
Alfonso v. Maiuri - eviction, no evidentiary hearing, mootness of appeal
Whitehall at Bal Harbour CA v. Raviv - punitive damages, amendment, insufficient allegations
Smith v. Smith - child support, continuance, referral of hearing officer
Weiss v. Greenspoon Marder - Kozel factors, no rehearing, waiver
Lieberman v. Sloto - section 57.105 sanctions, trust interpretation
Fernandez v. Gonzalez - timesharing, modification, insufficient record
Cuff v. State - postconviction relief
RPSS Grp v. Mia Chassis - temporary injunction, adequate remedy at law
Mishkin v. Mishkin - timesharing, temporary suspension
SB v. DCF - dependency, evidence
New Nat’l v. EBJ Sagamore - second-tier certiorari, certificate of appropriateness
Thomas v. State - habeas, disorderly conduct, dissent

Carrasco v. Jimenez - marital dissolution, foreign judgment, jurisdiction
United Healthcare v. North Broward Hosp - arbitration, scope of agreement
Steinberg v. Fiesta HOA - pre-suit demand, mediation, s. 57.105, attorney’s fees
First Fin Northwest v. Laver - attorney’s fees, contract, fee-shifting
Randolph v. State - postconviction relief, Hegstrom, premeditation theory

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Ashford v. State - prison releasee reoffender; sentence, jury right
Spinner v. State - sentencing
Klein v. State - Anders appeal, written order
Williams v. Cook - temporary injunction, factual findings, bond
Lau v. Olude - certiorari; vexatious litigant
Gibson v. State - aggravated abuse, involuntary intoxication, cost of production

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Middlebrook v. State - cross-examination, bias
Garner v. Marlin Constr Grp - licensing, statutory construction
Pavilion at Healthpark v. Park Royal Hosp - unrequested injunctive relief

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