Gratigny Park Condominium No. 1, Inc. v. Reinier Vargas Perez and Alina Garcia Gonzalez · No. 3D26-1268 (Fla. 3d DCA) · Decided October 7, 2026 More analysis may follow as additional information is received and reviewed. Sign up for alerts. The right of action that section 718.303(1), Florida Statutes, gives condominium unit owners does not … Read more
Meb Loan Trust VI v. Albert Isaacs, et al. · No. 3D25-1280 (Fla. 3d DCA) · Decided October 7, 2026 More analysis may follow as additional information is received and reviewed. Sign up for alerts. A mortgage holder that sued an incapacitated property owner by name, rather than substituting his court-appointed guardian, should not have … Read more
Walters v. Agency for Healthcare Administration · No. 3D25-0817 (Fla. 3d DCA) · Decided October 7, 2026 More analysis may follow as additional information is received and reviewed. Sign up for alerts. The Legislature’s 2021 amendment to the cooperative statute providing that “An interest in a unit is an interest in real property” does not … Read more
A trial court may declare a party a vexatious litigant under section 68.093 and impose sanctions under both the statute and its inherent authority, so long as the litigant gets due process. The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed such an order, entered even after the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed her suit. Michelle Adams, appearing pro … Read more
A court cannot resolve an indemnity claim on summary judgment before the indemnitee’s underlying liability has been adjudicated. The Third District Court of Appeal reversed a summary judgment against the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on its third-party indemnity claim against the City of Miami Beach. The dispute traces to a 1991 personal-injury suit over … Read more
A hot cement pool deck and beach sand under a 95-degree Florida sky is an open and obvious condition, and a premises owner has no duty to warn or protect a barefoot guest from it — even a guest whose medical condition kept him from feeling the heat. The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed … Read more
Mount Sinai Medical Center partially wins a fight over whether an administrative law judge must first decide if a baby’s neurological injury is compensable under Florida’s no-fault birth-injury plan, before a negligence suit can proceed.
A customer can’t turn a breach-of-contract case into a tort claim to reach punitive damages, the Third District Court of Appeal reaffirmed December 31, throwing out a punitive award against a Boca Raton aircraft-maintenance company. Fifteen Group Capital hired Boca Aircraft Maintenance to service a Dassault Falcon 50. After the work, a flap-symmetry problem surfaced … Read more
When a homeowner and their insurer disagree about whether they ever actually reached a settlement, a trial court cannot decide that fight on paper. It has to hold an evidentiary hearing first. The Third District Court of Appeal said so on December 31, reversing a Miami-Dade order that had enforced a settlement against homeowners Edwin … Read more