Florida District Courts of Appeal

City of Tampa v. Brunson, 358 So. 3d 723 (Fla. 2d DCA 2023): we obtained affirmance of a $200,000 plaintiff verdict after three-day jury trial about a police officer’s negligent car crash;

Semaan v. Kavanagh, 341 So. 3d 320 (Fla. 2d DCA 2022): we obtained affirmance of a nonfinal order denying a motion to dismiss based on workers’ compensation immunity;

Howarth v. Lombardi, 313 So. 3d 729 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020): we persuaded the Second District to quash a circuit court’s appellate opinion in residential landlord-tenant dispute because it lacked appellate jurisdiction and misinterpreted Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.170(j);

Judy v. Judy, 291 So. 3d 651 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020): we obtained affirmance in husband’s cross-appeal because he preserved no issue for appellate review when he failed to object to magistrate’s report and recommendation, and obtained reversal in wife’s appeal because the trial court abused its discretion by imputing income to her in contravention of marital settlement agreement;

Sammons v. Greenfield, 270 So. 3d 534 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019): we obtained reversal of the dismissal of a medical malpractice lawsuit because plaintiffs’ attorney’s failure to timely file a motion to substitute the decedent’s estate due to her endocrinological condition qualified as excusable neglect;

M.M. v. J.H., 251 So.3d 970 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018): we obtained affirmance of a final judgment of paternity and its incorporated parenting plan, which allowed a father’s child to remain in Florida instead of moving to Idaho;

GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. v. Dever, No. 5D17-3572 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018): we obtained dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of a petition for writ of certiorari that challenged an order granting a plaintiff leave to pursue punitive damages;

O’Donnell v. N. Florida Land Trust, Inc., 240 So. 3d 889 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018): we obtained denial of a petition for writ of prohibition that asserted a trial judge should have disqualified himself because, during a hearing, he allegedly had made mean faces and had spoken in a harsh tone of voice;

Wright v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 243 So. 3d 373 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018): we obtained affirmance of a $2.2 million commercial foreclosure judgment;

Gjeloshi v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 243 So. 3d 374 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018): we obtained affirmance of a $2.2 million commercial foreclosure judgment;

Gjeloshi v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 235 So. 3d 843 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017): we obtained denial of a petition for writ of prohibition based on a trial court’s supposed failure to serve a litigant with an order;

Wilson v. City of Tampa, 209 So. 3d 646 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017): we obtained reversal of the dismissal of a personal injury lawsuit because a plaintiff’s presuit notice of claims was sufficient;

State v. Amore, 192 So. 3d 481 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016): we obtained affirmance of the grant of Stand Your Ground immunity to a defendant charged with second degree murder;

Dempsey & Assocs., P.A. v. Lindon, 186 So. 3d 1040 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016): we obtained affirmance of an order denying enforcement of an attorney’s $75,000 charging lien;

RRY, Inc. v. Chisler, 184 So. 3d 530 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015): we obtained affirmance of a final judgment holding towing company liable for damages and attorney fees for selling Corvette without complying with statutory requirements;

Page v. Jeremiah’s Int’l Trading Co., Inc., 182 So. 3d 650 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015): we obtained denial of a petition for writ of certiorari regarding an order permitting financial discovery; 

Sanders v. Lakeland Reg’l Med. Center, Inc., 171 So. 3d 720 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014): our petition for writ of prohibition was granted because a motion to disqualify a trial judge whose father had staff privileges at a hospital that was the defendant in a medical malpractice action was legally sufficient.