Florida Immunity Law
<h2> <center> Elizabeth Koletas v. United States of America </h2> </center>
Orlando, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Federal Tort Claims Act claim.<br> <br> On June 23, 2022, Plaintiff Elisabeth Koletas was traveling <br> through Southwest Florida International Airport. Upon arriving at <br> the security screening area, Koletas, four months pregnant, re<br> quested to undergo a pat-down instead of walking through a body <br> scanner. She e... More...
$0 (11-13-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> Joseph Heid v. Mark Rutkoski and Forrest Best </h2> </center>
Orlando, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 use of unreasonable force in violation of the Fourth Amendment theory.<br> <br> On the evening of April 26, 2016, Heid, his wife, and their<br> roommate were drinking alcohol at their home. Heid’s daughter<br> and stepson were also at the home. Around 9:00 PM, Heid and his<br> ... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> Marily Hernandez v. Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company </h2> </center>
Fort Myers, Florida insurance lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> * * * <br> <br> Florida Bad Faith Insurance Law: Summary<br> In Florida, an insurance company can be held liable for "bad faith" when it fails to act in good faith towards its insured in handling a claim. This means the insurer doesn't meet its legal or contractual ... More...
$0 (06-20-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> Anjenie Bello v. Seminole Tribe of Flordia, d/b/a Seminole Indian Casino-Coconut Creek </h2> </center>
Fort Lauderdale, Florida personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff on a claim against an Indian Tribe.<br> <br> The lawsuit underlying this appeal arises out of injuries which the appellant, Anjenie Bello, allegedly received during an altercation with a fellow patron at a casino operated by the appellee, Seminole Tribe of Florida d/b/a Seminole Indian Casino-Coconut Creek ("the Tribe"). The par... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> Veronica Baxter, et al. v. Jafet Santiago-Miranda, et al. </h2> <center>
<h2><br> Orlando, Florida civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued claiming the use of excessive force by the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Plaintiffs Veronica Baxter and Al-Quan Pierce sued as personal representatives of the estates of the driver, Angelo<br> Crooms, and a passenger, Sincere Pierce, respectively. The plaintiffs’ complaint asserted that Santiago-Miranda used ex... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - FL)<h2> <center> Jeishy Mariana Zerpa v. Miami-Dade County, et al. </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the defendants on auto negligence wrongful death theories.<br> <br> Plaintiff Jeishy Mariana Zerpa Malpica is the surviving spouse of Juan Carlos Martinez Silva who was killed on February 27, 2021, when the bicycle he was riding was hit by a Miami-Dade Police Car driven by Officer Christopher Bendana.<br> <br> The state and i... More...
$3000000 (02-28-2024 - FL)<h2> <center> Donald Spadaro, Guardian of Anthony Caravella v. City of Miramar, et al. </center>
Fort Lauderdale, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a civil rights violation theory claiming he was wrongfully convicted and sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.<br> <br> This case was initially filed in the 17th Circuit Court, Broward County, Florida and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> In 1984, Anthony Caravella was cha... More...
$0 (09-10-2023 - FL)<h2> <center> Michael Baxter v. Louis Roberts, III and Trevor Lee </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> This is an appeal from summary judgment in a civil rights case arising from a traffic stop and arrest that took place in Northwest Florida on December 24, 2017. On that day, Michael Baxter was pulled over by Deputy Trevor Lee of the Jackson County ... More...
$0 (11-30-2022 - FL)<h2> <center> University of Florida Board of Trustees v. Anthony Rojas, et al. </h2> </center>
Gainesville, Florida civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on class action breach of contract theory claiming that the University of Florida Board of Trustees breached contracts with Plaintiff and other people similarly situated.<br> <br> When COVID-19 first impacted Florida in Spring 2020, the <br> State University System Board of Governors directed Florida’s ... More...
$0 (11-22-2022 - FL)<h2><center> Bryan Francis Swift v. State of Florida </h2></center>
Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> <br> <br> Bryan Francis Swift was charged with second-degree murder with a weapon for the fatal stabbing of Adam Parker. Swift sought immunity from prosecution under section 776.032, Florida Statutes. After conducting an evidentiary hearing, the trial court found that Swift was not entitled to ... More...
$0 (07-20-2022 - FL)<h2><center> DEXX MEDICAL INDUSTRIES, CA, etc., vs FITESA NAOTECIDOS S.A.</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Miami, Florida - Business Law lawyer represented Appellants with seeking to recover payment due for products sold. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Fitesa filed a complaint against Dexx and the Marinonis seeking to <br> recover payment due for products sold by Fitesa. The operative complaint <br> asserted Dexx and the Mari... More...
$0 (07-15-2022 - FL)<h2><center> Susan Khoury v. Gregory Williams </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 USC 1983.<br> <br> Susan Khoury claimed that she was injured and/or damaged as a direct result of being wrongly institutionalized for a psychological examination under the Baker Act, a state law that allows for involuntary emergency mental health services. She was in a disp... More...
$520000 (05-13-2022 - FL)<h2><center> MAX GARCIA vs STATE OF FLORIDA</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Lakeland, FL - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement chargeS. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Mr. Garcia was at a nightclub with his friends, Nicole Gruebmeyer, Halley <br> Vanselow, and Michael Maier. While at t... More...
$0 (04-14-2022 - FL)<h2><center> GUILLERMO PENALVER, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Miami, FL - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing his denial of his motion to dismiss based on stand your ground immunity. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Guillermo Penalver seeks a writ of certiorari quashing the trial court’s <br> order denying his motion to dismiss based on stand your ground immunit... More...
$0 (02-21-2022 - FL)<h2><center> Kimberly Daniels vs Karen Riggien</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Tallahassee, FL - First Amendment Lawyer represented Appellant with a First Amendment retaliation action claim. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> According to the complaint, Riggien began working for <br> Daniels as her legislative aide in September 2017. During <br> Riggien’s time as a legislative aide, Daniels mistreated Ri... More...
$0 (02-19-2022 - FL)<center> <h2> COLLEEN CUMMINGS vs STATE OF FLORIDA </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Lakeland, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Colleen Cummings with an <i> aggravated battery charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> We will briefly recount the pertinent events as they were relayed during<br> the evidentiary hearing below. On the evening of November 9, 2018, Mr. Blankenship,<br> a fifty-eight-year-old retiree with several health proble... More...
$0 (01-23-2021 - FL)<center> <h2> CITY OF OPA-LOCKA, FLORIDA, etc., vs GEORGE SUAREZ, et al. </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Miami, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented The City of Opa-Locka with <i> appealing from a non-final order granting the Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and denying the City’s motion to strike class<br> allegations.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> This appeal from a class action certification arises out of the City’s decad... More...
$0 (01-13-2021 - FL)<center> <h2> WALTER RAMONE FORD v. STATE OF FLORIDA </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red">Milton, FL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Francis Raymond Palazzi Sr with <i>seeking certiorari review of an order denying his motion to dismiss the first-degree murder indictment brought against him.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 1994, Jamal McGowan was shot and killed outside his<br> home. Palazzi was the main suspect in the murder, but... More...
$0 (11-30-2020 - FL)<center> <h2> JEROME SPARKS vs STATE OF FLORIDA </h2> </center>
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> In January 2017, the circuit court denied Sparks’s Stand Your Ground<br> motion to dismiss two co... More...
$0 (04-05-2020 - FL)<center> <h2> LUIS QUINTERO, vs JOSE M. DIAZ </h2> </center>
<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation for defamation in Florida? <br> <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> Quintero was the Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of <br> Sweetwater during the time that Diaz was the City’s Mayor. On June 2, 2014, <br> Diaz—acting in his official capacity as Ci... More...
$0 (01-08-2020 - FL)<center> <h2> STEVEN PAUL ANDERSON vs MARY MITCHELL </h2> </center>
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> Steven Paul Anderson seeks certiorari review of an order overruling his objections to deposition questions and compelling additional depositions in th... More...
$0 (04-06-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> JOSE RAMON NIEVES RIVERA vs STATE OF FLORIDA </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmatephotos/B/B08579.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> A friendly residential gathering took a tragic turn, resulting in the shooting death of the gathering’s host. The shooter, Jose Rivera, appeals his convictions of first-degree murder with a firearm; attempted firstdegree murder with a fire... More...
$0 (04-02-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> Ruben Sebastian v. Javier Ortiz </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/sites/flsd/files/2015WebCourthouse15.gif"><br> </center><br> In this interlocutory appeal, Lieutenant Javier Ortiz of the Miami Police Department challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss this civil rights excessive force case arising out of a routine traffic stop. The appellee, Ruben Sebastian, alleges that du... More...
$0 (03-16-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> WILLIE JEFFERSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmatephotos/I/I15688.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> In a criminal information, the State charged that petitioner committed second-degree murder of his roommate on September 2, 2017. Petitioner filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.190(b), asserting Stand Yo... More...
$0 (12-28-2018 - FL)<center> <h2> Doris Freyre v. Chad Chronister </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.gand.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/slider-image/RBR_modified.jpg?itok=6Y9xy9q8"><br> </center><br> <br> This interlocutory appeal asks us to determine whether the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (“HCSO”), in conducting child-protective investigations under a grant agreement with the Florida Department of Childre... More...
$0 (12-21-2018 - FL)<center> <h2> ANDY STRICKLAND vs BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA </h2> </center>
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$0 (12-14-2018 - FL)<center> <h2> Richard L. Fowler v. Caliber Homes Loans, Inc. </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/sites/flsd/files/2015WebCourthouse15.gif"><br> </center><br> <br> When an individual takes out a mortgage, he or she secures the loan with real property. To protect its security interest, lenders usually require borrowers to maintain hazard insurance in an amount that is at least equal to the loan’s unpaid principal balance. Should ... More...
$0 (10-02-2018 - FL)<Center> <h2> Jeffrey Koeppel v. Valencia College </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="200" src="http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/sites/flmd/files/images/court/tampa.png"><br> </center><br> Accused robbers, rapists, and murderers have statutory and constitutional rights. So does a college student who is accused of stalking and sexually harassing another student. The question in this case is whether Valencia College violated Jeffrey Koeppel’s statutory or const... More...
$0 (09-23-2018 - FL)<center> <h2> Denise Williams vs State of Florida </h2> </center>
Petitioner is charged with first-degree murder, a capital offense, and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and accessory after the fact to first-degree murder, offenses which are punishable by life imprisonment. See § 782.04(1), Fla. Stat. Article I, section 14, of the Florida Constitution states: Pretrial release and detention.— 2 Unless charged with a capital offense or an offe... More...
$0 (09-22-2018 - FL)<Center><h2>RONALD HIGHT JR. v. STATE OF FLORIDA</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src=" https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipPW4bZvBifrZoR4yCX4-goim0uwGs9Iuljk34vw=w223-h160-k-no"> <center </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT </FONT> </h2>
In 2012, appellant was charged with second-degree murder. Appellant filed a motion to dismiss under section 776.032 of the Stand Your Ground law and a pre-trial immunity hearing took place in 2014. After the denial of his motion, appellant went to trial and was convicted of a lesser included offense, manslaughter, in 2016. Appellant appealed his conviction. During the pendency of his appeal, t... More...
$0 (08-08-2018 - FL)<Center><h2>GABRYL MARK SULLIVAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA </h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src=" http://www.dc.state.fl.us/InmatePhotos/T/T21300.jpg"> <center </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> </FONT> </h2>
Gabryl Sullivan challenges his judgment and sentence for aggravated battery causing great bodily harm with a deadly weapon. Sullivan was convicted following a jury trial and sentenced to seven years in prison. On appeal, Sullivan argues in part that the 2017 amendment to section 776.032, Florida Statutes, creating subsection (4), should apply retroactively to his case and that his motion to dism... More...
$0 (08-01-2018 - FL)<center> <h2> Livingston Manners v. Officer Ronald Cannella, Officer Karrie Sabillon and City of Hollywood Florida <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/sites/flsd/files/2015WebCourthouse15.gif"> <P> United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida - Miami, Florida </h2> </center>
In 2014, Livingston Manners was arrested by City of Hollywood police officers. An altercation ensued. Manners filed suit in federal court regarding the incident and now appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment against his claims -- federal civil rights claims for use of excessive force and for malicious prosecution as well as a companion state common-law claim for false arrest. Bec... More...
$0 (06-11-2018 - FL)<center><h2>Thomas John Pope vs State of Florida </h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src=" http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmatephotos/0/083040.jpg"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> </FONT> </h2>
In 2012, the Florida Legislature found it was “in the public interest to encourage a person who is aware of or present during another individual’s drug overdose to seek medical assistance for that individual.” Ch. 2012-36, Laws of Fla. The Legislature therefore enacted the “911 Good Samaritan Act,” which provides that anyone “acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an ind... More...
$0 (06-10-2018 - FL)<center> <h2> Lenworth Bailey v. Rocky Mountain Holdings, LLC, Air Methods Corporation <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/sites/flsd/files/2015WebCourthouse15.gif"> <P> United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida - Miami, Florida </h2> </center>
The Airline Deregulation Act (“ADA”) provides that “a State, political<br> subdivision of a State, or political authority of at least 2 States may not enact or<br> enforce a law, regulation, or other provision having the force and effect of law<br> related to a price, route, or service of an air carrier.” 49 U.S.C. § 41713(b)(1).<br> This language expresses a broad preemptive intent that ... More...
$0 (05-09-2018 - FL)<Center> <h2> Michael Montanez v. Jorge Carvajal, Todd Raible, et al. <P> <img width="200" src="http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/sites/flmd/files/images/court/tampa.png"> <P> Middle District of Florida Federal Courthouse - Tampa, Florida </h2> </center>
Police officers interrupt what they reasonably believe to be a residential burglary and detain two suspects just outside the house. Having done so, can the<br> * Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation.<br> Case: 16-17639 Date Filed: 05/09/2018 Page: 1 of 19<br> 2<br> officers thereafter lawfully enter the home—without a warrant, ... More...
$0 (05-10-2018 - FL)<center><h2>TYMOTHY RAY MARTIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA </h2> <table> <td> <img width=”300” src="http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmatephotos/T/T92080.jpg"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> </FONT> </h2>
One evening in February of 2016, Mr. Martin and his girlfriend, Kathryn Lawson, went out for a night on the town that ended in an altercation in a McDonald's parking lot over who should drive to their next destination. According to Ms. Lawson, Mr. Martin punched her twice in the face after she refused to get into the vehicle. According to Mr. Martin, it was he who refused to get in the car, whic... More...
$0 (05-04-2018 - FL)<center><h2>Christopher Sanchez vs. Miami-Dade County</h2> <table> <td> <img width=”300” src="http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmatephotos/L/L50310.jpg"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> </FONT> </h2>
Chief Judge Rothenberg correctly described the summary judgment <br> evidence.<br> On August 24, 2012, Eli Salgado purchased a Miami-Dade County Park Foundation membership for $149. This membership included a coupon book containing several promotional items, including two tickets to the zoo, a 50% discount coupon for golf, and a coupon for the use of a park shelter without payment of the requisite... More...
$0 (05-01-2018 - FL)<center><h2>KENTRELL F. JOHNSON vs. STATE OF FLORIDA</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src="http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmatephotos/1/148739.jpg"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> </FONT> </h2>
On March 30, 2010, Johnson and codefendants Quentin Truehill1 and Peter <br> Hughes escaped custody at Avoyelles Parish Sherriff’s Office in Marksville, <br> Louisiana. Johnson and his codefendants stole a truck and traveled to Florida, <br> committing a series of violent crimes along the way, including the kidnapping and <br> killing of Vincent Binder. <br> On the day of their escape, the co... More...
$0 (03-25-2018 - FL)<center> <h2> Evertee Simmons and Dontell Stephens v. Ric Bradshaw, Palm Beach Sheriff <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/images/atl_tuttle_bldg.jpg"> <P> Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Elbert P. Tuttle Federal Courthouse - Atlanta, Georgia </h2> </center>
Dontrell Stephens was shot four times by Deputy Sheriff Adams Lin during<br> an encounter in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 13, 2013. As a result,<br> Stephens now suffers from permanent paralysis.<br> In an action brought against Deputy Lin as an individual and Sheriff Ric<br> Bradshaw in his official capacity as the sheriff of Palm Beach County, the district<br> court granted summary jud... More...
$0 (01-11-2018 - FL)<center> <h2> Antony Lee Turbeville v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/images/atl_tuttle_bldg.jpg"> <P> Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Elbert P. Tuttle Federal Courthouse - Atlanta, Georgia </h2> </center>
Before us is the District Court’s dismissal of Antony Turbeville’s complaint<br> against the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and its denial of<br> Turbeville’s motion to remand the case to Florida state court. We affirm both.<br> I.<br> A.<br> The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) provides that<br> persons who wish to use any instrumentality of inters... More...
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