Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of May 4 – 8, 2026 | Carlton Fields

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Fulton v. Fulton Cnty – en banc, vacating this prior opinion, Takings Clause, remedies
Alvarez v. Fed Detention Ctr – immigration, aliens, bond
Great Bowery v. Consequence Sound – Copyright Act, standing, Annie Leibovitz

Florida Supreme Court – Tallahassee

No decisions this week

First District Court of Appeal – Tallahassee

Drinkard v. State – murder trial, 12-person jury, juror interview
Leighton v. Kratos Logistics – workers’ compensation
Musser v. Wilmington Sav – reformation, loan modification, summary judgment
Super Green v. Universal P&C – insurance, property, assignment of benefits

Second District Court of Appeal – St. Petersburg

Greenaker v. Universal P&C – insurance, damages valuations, motion in limine
Nuce Acoustic v. DeLesline Constr – pleading defenses, affirmative defenses
DCF v. Sardo – certiorari, competence, involuntary commitment
State v. Brady – search and seizure, probation violation, interlocutory appeal, jurisdiction

Third District Court of Appeal – Miami

Rivera-Enriquez v. State – lesser offense, amended information, hearsay
State v. Paul – hearing continuance
Wallace v. Wallace – guardianship, inadequate record
Medrano-Chavez v. State – bolstering, harmless error
Camacho v. Camacho – self-proving will, notarization
Cox v. State – postconviction relief
Someillan v. State – postconviction relief
JF v. DCF – psychiatric evaluation
JL v. DCF – certiorari, dismissal, irreparable harm
Ontario Wound v. Legacy Med – certiorari, ‘cat out of the bag’
Norman v. State – postconviction relief

Fourth District Court of Appeal – West Palm Beach

McDowell v. Moore – directed verdict; contract; fiduciary duty; fraudulent inducement
Pantola v. BNY Mellon – foreclosure, concurrence, hybrid Zoom hearing, trial record
Wells Fargo v. Rio Poco – dismissal, four corners of complaint, condition precedent
Mineo v. Do – HOA, §§ 617.07401, 720.305, pre-suit requirements, derivative claims
Shitiat v. Giacomarra – paternity, sanctions, due process
Klayman v. Portfolio Media – rule 1.540(b)(3), fraud; anti-SLAPP, § 768.295(3)
Jones v. State – criminal restitution
Fuller v. HCA Florida – pro se, appellate briefs, deficiencies
Lewis v. FHSMV – second-tier certiorari relief, civil traffic infraction, incomplete record

Fifth District Court of Appeal – Daytona Beach

State v. Rivernider – sentence, downward departure
Suleymanov v. Winston Premier – personal jurisdiction, dismissal
Central Fla Psych v. Comas – certiorari; summary judgment, immunity
Munnerlyn v. State – contemporaneous objection, speculation, harmless error
Wells v. State – postconviction relief
DCF v. Williams – certiorari; commitment

Sixth District Court of Appeal – Lakeland

Thime v. State – sentencing
Cook v. State – postconviction relief
Simon v. State – continuance
Griffin v. State – sentencing
Abrams v. State – sentencing
King v. State – sentencing


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