Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of March 23 - 27, 2026

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Joyner v. Atlanta - employment, Title VII, discrimination, retaliation
USA v. Alexander - surgeon, health care kickbacks, venue, evidence, sentencing
Upside Foods v. Fl Dept of Ag - Poultry Products Act, lab-grown meat, preemption

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

No decisions this week

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

All Dry USA v. Savell - discovery sanctions, striking complaint
James v. State - Jimmy Ryce Act
Perez v. State - criminal restitution
JWB v. State - delinquency, disposition
Estes v. Palm Bch Sch Dist - en banc, workers’ compensation, tolling

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

Roby v. Roby - marital settlement agreement, contempt
DDR v. State - probation revocation
Page v. State - sentencing
Jordan v. State - continuance, Faretta
Lincolnshire Maximo v. Marina Walk - easement, drainage pipe
Watkins v. Corbett - settlement proposals, conflict
Avesta v. Fred - attorney disqualification, hearing, excluding key witness
Ybor Props v. Tampa - second-tier certiorari, zoning

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Moore v. State - postconviction relief
Yanes-Martel v. State - excluded impeachment
Lowery v. State - jury selection, preservation, concurrence
Escobar v. Citizens - ceiling collapse, coverage
SafePoint v. Ellison - flood damage, coverage
MA v. United - Medicaid coverage
601 Cuda v. Cnty - permit, equitable tolling
Cnty v. Garavan - sovereign immunity, non-economic damages
Martinez v. Bustamante - marital dissolution, parol evidence
Hsu v. Atassi - personal jurisdiction
Zuchaer v. Peninsula - pending discovery, summary judgment
Carnevale v. Shir - counsel disqualification, waiver
Miguel v. Miguel - less restrictive alternative, undue influence
Aderwel v. Aqua Trees - fees, voluntary dismissal
Marckx v. Cumis - inadequate record
Gerome v. State - postconviction relief
Wilson v. State - ineffective assistance
Bonilla v. Sosa - contempt
Vega v. State - pro se mandamus, dismissal
Stevens v. State - postconviction relief
Scott v. Quinn - habeas corpus, dismissal

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Soto v. State - sentencing
Berger-Smith v. State - § 938.27, lab costs
Shamy v. Shovel Ready - unjust enrichment, express contract
Schutz v. Ally - charging lien, third party, indispensable party
Dawkins v. State - double jeopardy
Jupiter v. Armes - attorney’s fees, proposal for settlement, condition
Sable Pass v. Call - HOA approval, chickee hut
Pierre v. SBL Freightliner - dismissal with prejudice, leave to amend
Marvin v. Jones - general release, ambiguity; quiet title; tipsy coachman
Jhelum v. Desmarais - homestead exemption, reverse mortgage line of credit, first impression
Gouveia v. Meridian - AI citations, pro se
Hare v. McLaughlin - certiorari, partial final judgment, stay of execution
GK v. DCF - parental rights, termination

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Star Cas Ins v. Jacksonville Chiropractic - summary judgment, insurance policy, exclusion; attorney’s fees, costs
Hernando Cnty v. McGee & Mason - dismissal, sovereign immunity, four corners
Hodges v. State - false imprisonment, sentencing, fundamental error

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Morrobel v. State - guilty plea, sentencing
Ficka v. Brown - marital dissolution
Rose v. Rose - costs
Bullock v. State - sentencing
Combs v. State - postconviction relief
Luna v. State - consciousness of guilt
Urbina v. Maddox - finality
Wahl v. State - voluntariness of plea


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