Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of February 2 - 6, 2026

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Melton v. I-10 Truck Cntr - employment, Title VII, racial hostility
Castro-Reyes v. Bosque - § 1983, excessive force, qualified immunity, state agent
Doe v. USA - FTCA, childcare, failing to protect
USA v. Holley - evidence, bodycam, sentencing

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Heath v. DOC - capital case, postconviction relief

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Martinez v. Jinks - appellate jurisdiction, fees without amount
Williams v. State - appellate jurisdiction, sentencing correction

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

DDR v. State - probation revocation
Smith v. State - competency, written order
Brown v. Tampa Gen - hospital, invitee, trespasser, duty of care
XYZ v. St Pete - historic preservation ordinance, state law preemption
Cedrus Enters v. Jabil - personal jurisdiction

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Lugo-Fernandez v. State - untimely appeal
Jean-Charles v. State - no jury trial waiver
Citizens v. Blanco - anti-concurrent cause
Moskovits v. LP Evans Motors - no arbitration initiation
Vazquez v. Smith - rehearing, attorney’s fees
Altman v. State - law of case, PCA
Palma v. Regions - lien, release, accord and satisfaction
Osorio v. State - burden-shifting remark, breath test
Spartan v. Citizens - assignment of benefits
Stanley v. State - ineffective assistance of counsel
Williams v. Williams - parental responsibility, timesharing, equitable distribution
900 NW 36 St v. Nafisa - rent deposit
Avrahami v. Avrahami - insufficient record
Macauley v. State - rehearing, prior trial testimony admissibility

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

FAU v. Harbor Branch - budget approval, remand
Banks v. Banks - prohibition, disqualification

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Washington v. VyStar Credit - dismissal; breach, account agreement, overdraft fees
Webb v. State - first-degree murder, competence, fundamental error
Mackey v. State - rehearing; interrogating statements, improper opinion
Burress v. Roots and Fruits - fraud, punitive damages, sufficiency
Laird v. Miao - attorney’s fees, prejudgment interest
Pilak v. Reigel - lost will, rebuttable presumption, destruction
Callwood v. State - postconviction relief

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Lopez v. State - sentencing
Burton v. State - excited utterance hearsay exception
Universal Prop v. Rodriguez - replacement cost evidence
Paez v. Saluscare - confession of error
Conseillant v. State - probation revocation
Six v. State - sentencing, uncharged conduct
Healy v. Arena Wholesale - summary disposition
Pruit Indus v. City Elec - venue selection clause
Nat'l Equity v. Amerifund Equity Grp - unchallenged basis to affirm


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