Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of November 17 - 21, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Johnson v. Reliance - disability insurance, preexisting conditions, ERISA
Smothers v. Childers - § 1983, prison treatment, state law bar, Ala law
USA v. Oropesa - abortion, conspiracy to violate access
REACH Air v. Kaiser Found - arbitration, insurance, vacatur efforts
USA v. Starr - murder-for-hire, evidence
Affordable Housing v. Fla Affordable Housing - RTC agreements, violation
Al Rushaid Petro v. Siemens - tortious interference, unjust enrichment, Fla law
APM Terminals v. ILA - arbitration, appellate jurisdiction, collateral order doctrine
Woods v. Progressive - insurance, bad faith, evidence, Fla law
Alford v. Walton Cnty - eminent domain, private beaches
Jackson v. Catanzariti - § 1983, excessive force

In re R Reg Fla Bar - amended rules

Lock Prop v. Kelly Plantation - homeowners, metal roof, replacement
FDLE v. Johnson - certiorari, email production, privilege
Kaiser v. Citizens - insurance, hurricane, payment, timeliness
Weaver v. Hatfield - homestead status, waiver
Vincent v. DOR - summary affirmance

Sec of State v. Tondee - civil restitution lien, rebriefing by court
W Villagers v. North Port - second-tier certiorari, city boundaries
UBS v. Saunders - arbitration, bank account

Belvant v. Cohen - replevin, indispensable party, attorney’s fees
Universal v. Hernandez - post-loss obligations, substantial compliance
Moros v. Benslimane - insufficient record
Fiallo v. El Car Wash - unsolicited sales call
Castano v. Vega - stalking, injunction
Aguila v. State - postconviction relief
EB v. State - resisting without violence
Zakharova v. Maya - certiorari, settlement, absolute litigation immunity privilege
Verzura v. Hotel La Petite Muse - foreclosure sale, notice

Munden v. State - sentencing, ex post facto
Beck v. Tamas-Beck - marital dissolution; insurance
Universal Prop v. Jean - insurance, “residence-premises”, waiver
Yusuf v. Ilunga - personal jurisdiction, tortious act
Caron v. Caron - marital dissolution, temporary injunction
Robertson v. Antoine - punitive damages, amendment

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Harris v. State - criminal, sentence, fundamental error
Williams v. State - en banc denial; dissental, clerical error
Cruz v. Waishkey - incapacity, guardian; voluntary dismissal, jurisdiction
Ussin v. Wood - stalking injunction, disqualification
Gordon v. Durant - appellate preservation, lack of transcript

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Dziekan v. State - postconviction relief
WJT v. NLS - summary disposition
Rowe v. Portfolio Recovery - summary disposition
FE v. TH - summary disposition
DOR v. Serwe - preservation, magistrate report

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