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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of July 6 - 10, 2026
July 10, 2026

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Caviness v. Atlas Air - Covid policies, personal jurisdiction, § 1983/tort claims, AI hallucinations
Parnell v. Fla DOC - Title VII, ADA, employment
USA v. Brillhart - child porn, Fourth Amendment, Google hash matching, double jeopardy
Clayton v. Essentia Ins - Alabama, insurance, portable coverage
Novoa v. Fla Bd of Ed - public universities, employee speech, First Amendment
Marbury v. Warden - prison conditions, Eighth Amendment
Henry v. Tuscaloosa Sheriff - parental right to live with children, Fourteenth Amendment
Fla v. US Dept of Ed - private education accreditors, federal funds, constitutional challenges
USA v. Carter - sentencing

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee


Fla Bar v. Crowley - attorney discipline, First Amendment, election comments
Bouayad v. Normandy Ins - workers’ compensation
Stewart v. Vindel - equitable distribution, prejudgment interest
Publix v. Goga - fraud on the court, trial court standard
Matt v. State - bond validation

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee


Moore v. State - double jeopardy
Clark v. State - competency
Crawford v. State - evidence, child custody interference; juror interview
Shinault v. State - probation revocation
Murphy v. State - murder, evidence, preservation of error
Baez v. Edwards - time-sharing, modification
Miller v. Weiser Security - arbitration

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg


Young v. State - evidence, inference stacking
Lopez v. State - preservation of error
State v. Ford - search and seizure
Angel v. White - directed verdict, negligence
Garrett v. Lynch - medical malpractice, legal duty
Delacruz v. State - sentencing
Logan v. Morgan Lewis - limitations, tort claims
Gunther v. Morgan Lewis - limitations, tort claims
Massaua v. Cervelli - waiter, transmitting disease, disputed facts
Everman v. Kennedy White - medical malpractice, presuit
Hulse-Gibson v. Hulse - pro se warning, AI hallucinations
Manyak v. State - sentencing
Kerrigan v. Page - equitable distribution
Henfield v. State - appellate attorney, failure to follow orders
Brown v. State - habeas corpus


Third District Court of Appeal - Miami


Tuggerson v. State - postconviction relief
Urrea v. Koplow - judgment, vacatur, reasonable time
Broderick v. Ingleton - contract, enforceability
Yudovich v. Inv 1611- rehearing, preservation
Mack v. State - prohibition, barred claims
Hanes v. State - postconviction relief
Merco v. Gen Computer - damages, evidence, remittitur
Lagrandeur v. State - postconviction relief
Rocha v. Paya - certiorari, discovery, plea agreement
Garlobo v. State - postconviction relief
Graham v. State - read-back
Gyden v. State - postconviction relief
Morales v. Reservoir Media - protective order, appellate jurisdiction
Mount Sinai v. Esposito - certiorari, abatement, compensability determination


Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach


Duran v. Hallandale Beach - Fla Civil Rights Act
Soto v. State - prison releasee reoffender
FIGA v. Wilson - settlement, attorney’s fees
DOR v. Seymore - paternity, vacate
Stires v. State - clarity in briefing
Harris v. Bohler - injunction, stalking
Glade v. Govey - punitive damages, pleading

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Amelia Island Auth v. Nassau Cty - settlement agreement, development order
Hitchens v. Murrell - specific performance
Bailey v. State - sentencing, frivolous filings

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Wal-Mart v. Wynn - withholding mandate
State v. Smith - statutory construction, illicit substance
Home-Tech v. Cossio - insufficient record
Martin v. State - pro se filings
Rice v. State - costs
LA v. NA - insufficient record
Northern v. State - DUI, vehicle control
Nguyen v. Waldenlife Pension - insufficient record
Dunn v. State - sentencing
Fla Ins v. Broome - settlement enforcement
Rosenfield v. Zayas - default judgment, mistake
Guerra v. Mincieli - venue
Lewis v. State - custodial interview
Tanaka v. State - medical use marijuana

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