Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of September 22 - 26, 2025

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Watkins v. Davis - § 1983, qualified immunity
USA v. Leahy -  race-based intimidation, constitutional challenge, instructions
USA v. Schmitz -search and seizure
Vincent v. ATI - employment, Title VII
Martinez v. GEICO - insurance, bad faith, Fla law
WBY v. Chamblee - adult clubs, restrictions, constitutional challenges

In re Fla R Crim P - amended rule
In re Fla R Crim P - amended rules

Gonzalez v. Axiom - workers’ compensation
Peterson v. DCF - administrative review, appellate jurisdiction

King v. State - sentencing
Blackshear v. Haynes - medical malpractice, experts, same specialty requirement
Wilson v. Hunter - marital dissolution, equitable distribution, imputing income

Castro v. State - probation revocation, no written order
Smith v. State - jury instructions, judge’s improper comments
LaSalle v. Prestige - defamation, wrongful discharge, appellate jurisdiction
Golubtsova v. Budaev - quitclaim deed, fraudulent transfer, summary judgment evidence 
Val v. Gentera - attorney’s fees, insufficient record
Hefley v. Colombo - partition, no renting, no self-representation, due process
Frerichs v. Mattson - knowledge, evidence
Del Giudice v. NS Handyman - insufficient record
State v. Eddie - investigatory stop, possession of concealed weapon
Nicklaus Cos v. Nicklaus - arbitration, non-signatory
Gonzalez-Azcuy v. State - habeas, ineffective assistance
Baumann v. Agudelo – attorney’s fees, garnishment, insufficient record
Latson v. State - vindictive sentence
Home Pipeline v. Nicolas - writ of possession, stay of execution
Davis v. State - sentence
Robinson v. State - postconviction relief
Scott v. State - double jeopardy
Polk v. State - mandamus, Arthur hearing, confession of error

Crooks v. Wells Fargo - arbitration agreement, evidentiary hearing
Potparic v. Barnes - medical negligence, presuit, expert affidavit

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Meyer v. State - DUI manslaughter, DUI bodily injury; double jeopardy
Hicks v. DOC - Spencer bar, pro se
Allen v. State - Anders appeal, written order
Medfast Urgent Care v. Arbogast - punitive damages, amendment
Bandera-Alarcon v. State - postconviction relief
Meredith v. Meredith - domestic violence injunction, disqualification
Secrist v. Secrist - dissolution, alimony, equitable distribution  

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Caviness v. State - downward departure sentence
Regal v. State - Nelson hearing, private counsel
Jimenez v. State - withdrawal of counsel, postconviction relief

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