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Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of April 1-5, 2024
April 05, 2024

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Jackson v. Swanger - qualified immunity, search and seizure, appellate jurisdiction
USA v. Al Jaberi - smuggling, notifying common carrier, false export info, evidence, double jeopardy
Flowers v. Comm’r, SSA - disability benefits, inconsistent determinations, preservation of error
Al Zawawi v. Diss - bankruptcy, § 109(a), foreign proceedings
USA v. Handlon - compassionate release
USA v. Vargas - speedy trial
USA v. Alhindi - competency, criminal defendants, § 4241

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee

Planned Parenthood v. State - right to privacy, abortion, 15-week ban
Adv Op to AG re Marijuana - ballot initiative, validity
Adv Op to AG re Abortion - ballot initiative, validity

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee

TT v. DCF - parental rights, termination, failure to prosecute
UF BOT v. Browning Boisse - sovereign immunity
Byrd v. State - drug trafficking, evidence, recording
Lussy v. Dept of Legal Affairs - appellant’s burden
Aristizabal v. DOR - Applegate affirmance
Davis v. State - belated appeal
RLG v. DCF - parental rights, termination, failure to prosecute
Peek v. FCOR - appellate jurisdiction

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg

Lydecker v. State - rape shield statute, cross-exam
McNulty Lofts v. WRH McNulty Garage - real property, ejectment
Rich v. Rich - contempt, previously reversed order
Hanover Ins v. Frazier - insurance, malicious prosecution, insurer immunity
Citizens v. Barberan - insurance, sinkhole coverage, burden of proof jury instructions
Foster v. State - sentencing
Helmick v. Taylor - marital settlement agreement, third-party beneficiary
CM v. AM - appellate jurisdiction, sanctions entitlement order
Navarro v. State - postconviction relief, pending appeal
Fantauzzi v. Day - § 57.105 fees, notice, due process
Wood v. State - habeas corpus

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami

Seneca v. Jade Beach CA - pleading, impairment of subrogation rights
Cordovi v. State - continuance, hearsay
Castellon v. Citizens - summary judgment standard
Ramash Realty v. Certain Underwriters - policy interpretation, deductible
Navarro v. Borges - duty
Universal v. Nacimiento - hearsay
Lemano Invs v. RGF Athena - superior claim to title 
Pimienta v. Rosenfeld - prohibition, disqualification of judge 
Facebook v. Grind Hard - personal jurisdiction, tortious acts
Borchetta v. Hankins - defamation, publication
Pro-Play Games v. Roger - arbitrability, contractual nexus, waiver 
Sotolongo v. State - postconviction relief  
Pino-Allen v. Egan - defamation, privilege

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach

Ramirez v. Marzano - ex parte relief, due process
HS v. DCF - judicial disqualification, pre-hearing comments
Goldsmith v. State - witness bolstering, harmless error
Chewy v. Covetrus - certiorari, deposition, apex doctrine
Perez v. Tony - search and seizure
Jefferson v. State - sentencing

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Brooks v. State - Anders appeal, costs
Jackson v. State - first-degree murder, sexual battery, prior bad acts
Casado v. Doher - vacate judgment, rule 1.540(b)
Trammell v. State - habeas corpus
Fluhart v. Rasmussen - en banc; jurisdiction, preservation, rule 12.490(e)(3)

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Rowan v. State - sentencing  
Bean v. State – probation revocation
Johnson v. Garrett - premises liability, duty
LA v. DCF - termination of parental rights
O'Hair v. O'Hair - marital settlement agreement
Marlin Constr Grp v. Bollinger - licensing, statutory construction

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