Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of March 9 - 13, 2026

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Edwards v. Grubbs - qualified immunity, municipal liability, punitive damages
Beazer v. Richmond Cnty - employment discrimination, late filing, equitable tolling
USA v. Hamilton - robbery, conspiracy, flight instruction, jury inquiry, sentencing

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

In re J Clermont - judicial discipline
In re Fla R App P - amended rule

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

State v. Franco - evidence, murder, firearm discharge, conviction as principal
Dantzler v. State - competency
Patella v. State - postconviction relief
Enoch v. State - appellate jurisdiction, finality

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

DDR v. State - probation revocation
Davis v. State - postconviction relief
Sands v. State - probation revocation

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Puleo v. Cohen - real property, fraud
Kent v. State - probable cause, severance, evidentiary spillover
Morrow v. State - postconviction relief
Torres v. AJJLP - veil piercing, premises liability
AB v. DCF - parental rights, abandonment
Trisan v. Naples Ctr for Derm - med mal, pre-suit notice
Watts v. State - postconviction relief
Smith v. Smith - improper service
McKinnon v. State - misdemeanor, right to jury trial
Williams v. State - vexatious pro se litigant
Gonzalez v. State - postconviction relief
Thomas v. State - postconviction relief
Gamble v. State - postconviction relief
Love v. FFIC - interlocutory appeal, dismissal
Widner v. State - mandamus

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Kenyon v. State - sentencing
Ramos v. Hunter - paternity, parenting plan, notice
Roussell v. Bank of NY Mellon - AI hallucinated cases, pro se
DigitalBridge v. Cariaco - certiorari, stay, first-filed action

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Anderson v. State - Spencer warning, pro se
McDonald v. McDonald - Spencer warning, pro se
Fisher v. Westland Park§ 627.70152, pre-suit notice; dismissal, four corners, invited error  

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

CBRE v. DidierGroup - setoff
TAF v. State - probation
Harris v. State - corpus delicti
McRae v. State - preservation, double jeopardy
Hawrych v. Berg - finality


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