Beazer v. Richmond County Constructors, LLC, Case No. 24-11734 (11th Cir. 2026).
Equitable tolling of Title VII’s ninety-day filing period applies when a pro se plaintiff diligently attempts to secure counsel, and, being unable to do so, then timely mails his pro se complaint by guaranteed overnight delivery but misses the statutory filing deadline due to a confluence of prior counsel’s delay and hurricane-related delivery delays.
In re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.710, No. SC2025-1415 (Fla. 2026).
Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.710(b) was amended to remove the categorial bar excluding petitions filed under Florida Rule 9.100(c)(2) from appellate mediation.
Puleo v. Cohen, No. 3D24-0586 (Fla. 3d DCA 2026).
Florida law requires only reliance (not justifiable reliance) for misrepresentation claims, thus summary judgment against a seller is improper when there is record evidence sufficient to create jury issues on reliance, materiality, and damages that the seller relied on misrepresentations about the true buyer’s identity and intended use of residential property.
CBRE, Inc. v. DidierGroup, LLC, No. 6D2023-3011 (Fla. 6th DCA 2026).
To prevent duplicate recovery, a non-settling defendant is entitled to a setoff under Florida Statutes sections 46.015(2) and 768.041(2) when the settling co-defendant previously paid the plaintiff for the same “identical” damages sought against the non-settling defendant.
