Showntail The Legend, LLC v. Clay, Case No. 1D2024-1751 (Fla. 1st DCA 2025).
An order denying a motion to vacate, modify, or correct an interim arbitration award is not immediately appealable under Article V, section 4(b)(1) of the Florida Constitution or Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(I) because the order neither confirms nor modifies the interim award and also because appellants retain a remedy through plenary appeal following confirmation of a final arbitration award.
Navas Bar & Grill, Inc. v. Tapias, Case No. 2D2024-2756 (Fla. 2d DCA 2025).
A return of service satisfying Florida Statute section 48.21(1)'s requirements establishing service on a representative of a corporation's designated registered agent under section 48.091(3) is regular on its face, and the party challenging service bears the burden to prove by clear and convincing evidence that service was improper.
Sanz v. Herrera, Case No. 3D24-2046 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025).
Summary judgment is affirmed where appellants challenge the order but fail to demonstrate through competent, authenticated evidence that a genuine dispute of material fact exists.
Leff v. Larez, Case No. 3D25-0293 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025).
An appellant's failure to object to self-executing default language before entry of final judgment and failure to raise the lack of notice of application for default until a motion for rehearing waives appellate review of the trial court's default entry where no transcript establishes that the issue was preserved.
Nova Southeastern University, Inc. v. Garratt-Callahan Co., Case No. 4D2024-1453 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025).
Claims against multiple defendants arising from different contractual obligations, different performance periods, and different factual circumstances are not inextricably intertwined for attorney's fees purposes, and accordingly, the fee applicant must allocate fees to claims for which fees are contractually recoverable.
