Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of September 15 - 19, 2025

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Oakes Farms v. Adkins - First Amendment, Covid-19
Nute v. White - § 1983, qualified immunity

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Pryor v. State - sentencing, violent career criminal
Fla Bar v. Marriaga - attorney discipline

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Capps v. State - sentencing

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

Zoble v. Kensington Estates HA - real property, tree branches
Hancock v. Fla Farm Bureau - insurance, bad faith, instructions, verdict form
Stump v. State - sentencing

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Peralta-Mejia v. State - prohibition, habeas, immigration custody
Sanchez v. Consolidated Real Est - non-party, standing to appeal
George v. State - postconviction relief
Diaz v. State - possession of sexual performance by child, evidence
Holguin v. Lourido - will contest, standing
Universal v. Aragones - attorney’s fees, multiplier, evidence
Aquastar v. Avant Design - attorney’s fees, intertwined issues
Breton v. Raud - attorney’s fees, evidence, due process
Miami-Dade Cnty v. Fortes - directed verdict, undertaker’s doctrine
Cauble v. Kaczmarski - partition, carrying costs
Simon v. State - postconviction relief
Greenwood v. Greenwood - relocation of child, evidence
Ramirez v. State - burglary, sentence, improper considerations
Fernandez v. Dolphins Cycling - summary judgment, clickwrap agreement
Ferrari v. 170 NE 40 St - execution of illegal writ
Valhuerdi v. State - postconviction relief
Gevaert v. Teh - relocation of child, evidence
Charles v. State - postconviction relief
Borgio v. Lakeview - real estate contract, breach
Almendral v. J&C - rehearing, rent deposit
Leon v. Lozano - donative intent, evidence
Olivas v. Morales - timesharing, insufficient record
Jackson v. Lawrence - modification of support, insufficient record
Harper v. City of Key Colony Beach - second-tier certiorari, expired permit, fine
Naranjo v. Dep’t of Revenue - insufficient record
Florence v. Dep’t of Corrs - habeas, barred claims
Milton v. State - postconviction relief
McGee v. State - certiorari, competency restoration treatment

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Baldie v. State - downward departure, isolated incident

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Crenshaw v. State - child molestation, new trial
Woods v. Wal-Mart - slip and fall
Lewis v. Norfolk Southern - wrongful death, excluded expert, Daubert
DHSMV v. Begera - second-tier certiorari; driver’s license suspension, substantial evidence
Valenti v. State - Spencer warning, pro se

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Common Wealth Trust v. Polk County - preservation, rehearing
Rushing v. Rushing - marital dissolution, equitable distribution
Jonathan v. State - appellate jurisdiction, withdrawing plea
Grant v. Judd - summary disposition


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