BERTHA FERTIL
v.
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, ETC., ET AL.

Fla. 3d DCA | 2024-08-14
No. 2023-0616
Thomas, J., Scales, J., Miller, J., Bokor, J.
2024 FL 9924 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2024)

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Holding

Issues not presented to the trial court with specific legal arguments cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.


Headnotes

[1] An issue cannot be raised for the first time on appeal unless it was presented to the trial court with the specific legal argument or ground to be argued on appeal as par…

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Key Quotes

“in order to raise an issue on appeal, it must be presented to the trial court, and the specific legal argument or ground to be argued on appeal must be part of that presentation.”

Citation to Gables Insurance Recovery, Inc. v. Citizens Property Insurance Corp., explaining the requirement for issue preservation

Facts & Procedural History

Bertha Fertil appealed a final summary judgment entered against her in favor of the University of Miami and other defendants in Miami-Dade County Circ…

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Opinion of the Court
Bokor

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed August 14, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D23-0616 Lower Tribunal No. 17-17351 ________________

Bertha Fertil, Appellant,

vs.

University of Miami, etc., et al., Appellees.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, William Thomas, Judge.

Beck & Lee, P.A., and Jared H. Beck and Elizabeth Lee Beck, for appellant.

Wicker Smith O'Hara McCoy & Ford, P.A., and Jessica L. Gross and Leslie A. McCormick, for appellees.

Before SCALES, MILLER and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

2

Affirmed. See Fertil v. Univ. of Miami, 48 Fla. L. Weekly D2338a (Fla. 3d DCA Dec. 13, 2023) (affirming final summary judgment against Fertil and in favor of defendants below); see also Taufer v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 278 So. 3d 335, 337 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (“The appellants did not raise the issue below and cannot raise it for the first time on appeal. Gables Ins. Recovery, Inc. v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp., 261 So. 3d 613, 620 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (“[I]n order to raise an issue on appeal, it must be presented to the trial court, and the specific legal argument or ground to be argued on appeal must be part of that presentation.” (quotation omitted)).


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