Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of January 6-10, 2025

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Warren v. DeSantis - mootness, gubernatorial suspension challenge
USA v. Brown - sex trafficking, evidence, continuance, speedy trial
Sunz v. IRS - insurance, bankruptcy, BP settlement claims

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

In re Fla R GP & JA - amended rules

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

Scott v. State - sexual battery, evidence, sentencing
Despart v. Kanner - pro se sanctions
Univ of Fla BOT v. Dunbar - judicial disqualification

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

Wiendl v. Hughes - amending pleadings

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Quintanilla v. State - misrepresentation of testimony, bolstering
Kaplan v. Schurr - indirect criminal contempt, attorney’s fees
ARI Fin Servs v. Crystal Cap Fund - contract, taxable costs
Sheppard v. State - reasonable suspicion
Delgado v. Benitez - verdict, manifest weight of evidence
SHEDDF2-FL1 v. New Mia Ct - foreclosure, loan modification, waiver
Garcia v. Deutsche Bank - foreclosure, standing
Valer v. Citizens - repeated seepage or leakage, burden of proof, continuance
Corzo v. Montero - permanent injury, evidence
Rojas v. Londono - annulment of marriage, consummation
Fran v. Davis - leave to amend, punitive damages
Tang v. Citizens - administrative order, entitlement to arbitration, appellate jurisdiction

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Security Nat’l v. AssociatesMD - PIP, reimbursement rates
Marshall v. Wilmington Savings - sanctions, due process
English v. Port St. Lucie Police - recording, medical consultation
KAC 2021-1 v. Matuszak - FCCPA, assignability
Burgess v. Campbell - sanctions, written findings
Forbes v. People’s Trust - proof of loss, conflict
Smith v. Chevillet - alimony, findings
Tindall v. State - probation, revocation
Goodman v. Ningbo - Daubert, preservation
Croissy v. State - sentencing, oral pronouncement
Colony Ins. v. Titan Restoration - insurance, additional insured
Bello v. Seminole Tribe - premature filing
Karisma Hotels v. Hoffman - personal jurisdiction
Arika v. Mill City Mortgage - foreclosure
Evariste v. Seminole Tribe - premature filing
Grigoriou v. State - writing threats, constitutionality
Zufi v. Stockton - fraud on the court
Donaldson v. Hahn - default, vacate
Vaziri v. Jerkins - punitive damages

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Crist v. State - certified question; driver’s license, sexual predator designation
Atlantic Candy v. Yowie NA - breach of contract, permissive language
Barger v. Candow-Yost - per curiam affirmance; dissent, unenforceable contract
Ford v. State - suppression; warrantless search, police K-9, cannabis, good faith exception

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Moradi v. State - postconviction relief
Jones v. FDOC - habeas, prison transfer
TR v. Orange County Clerk - summary disposition
Savorit v. Newrez - summary disposition


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