1,636 Florida cases classified under this topic, plus 8 listed through its narrower topics · sorted by citation count · see the citation graph · browse and sort
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-02-07
The court held that the complaint was a shotgun pleading and dismissed it without prejudice, granting leave to amend. Individual defendants cannot be held liable under ADEA, Title VII, or FCRA. The IIED claim was dismissed for failing to allege outrageous conduct.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-01-27
The court held that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the magistrate judge's orders denying his motions for sanctions and default judgment were clearly erroneous or contrary to law.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-01-27
The court held that the plaintiffs' claims were barred by statutes of limitations, judicial immunity, and failure to state a claim, and dismissed the amended complaint with prejudice.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-01-27
The court adopted the Magistrate Judge's recommendation to hold a contempt hearing for the defendant's non-compliance and overruled the plaintiff's objections.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-01-23
The court granted plaintiffs' motion for default final judgment, awarding damages for claims including violations of the Anti-Terrorism Acts, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation per se, and civil conspiracy.
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2023-01-18
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-01-13
The court denied the plaintiff's request for assistance because the case was already closed by summary judgment and the requested information was irrelevant to the claims.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-01-10
The court held that the officers' use of force was reasonable under the circumstances, and thus granted summary judgment on excessive force, battery, IIED, malicious prosecution, and Monell claims.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-01-05
Vanessa Treminio sued Crowley Maritime Corporation and her supervisor Juan Emilio Blanco alleging sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and various tort claims stemming from Blanco's alleged sexual assault and rape of her during a 2017 business trip, and Crowley's subsequent retali
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-12-20
The court held that the plaintiff sufficiently pleaded claims for libel per se, slander per se, defamation per se, trade libel, and tortious interference with business relations, but dismissed the claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-12-13
The court held that the complaint, as filed, was deficient in several respects, including insufficient affidavits of indigency, lack of subject matter jurisdiction due to failure to meet the amount in controversy, and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted unde
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-12-13
The court held that the plaintiff's complaint was an impermissible shotgun pleading and granted the defendants' motion to dismiss.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-12-07
The Court lacks clear subject matter jurisdiction and requires parties to submit evidence to establish it.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-12-02
The court held that the plaintiff's Florida Civil Rights Act claim was not barred due to the Commission on Human Relations exceeding the statutory time limit for determination, but her intentional infliction of emotional distress claim failed to state a claim for outrageous condu
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-11-16
The court held that the plaintiff's amended complaint failed to state a plausible claim for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs under the Eighth Amendment, and thus, the court declined supplemental jurisdiction over the state-law claim.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-11-14
The court granted summary judgment for the plaintiff on all counts, finding the defendant's conduct warranted rescission of a prior settlement and awarding substantial damages, including punitive damages.
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350 So. 3d 811·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2022-11-09
The appellate court reversed a trial court's decision that a Connecticut contempt order was nonfinal and thus unenforceable in Florida. The court held that the contempt order, along with a capias for arrest, was a final order entitled to full faith and credit under Florida's Enfo
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-11-03
The court held that the complaint failed to establish personal jurisdiction and state a claim for relief, granting the motion to dismiss with leave to amend.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-09-22
The court held that the plaintiff failed to state a plausible claim for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs against the nurse, and thus claims against the employer and supervisor also failed.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-09-16
Officers are entitled to qualified immunity on the false arrest claims due to arguable probable cause, but the excessive force claim against Moore must proceed to trial.
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-09-15
The court held that while a valid arbitration agreement exists, the plaintiff's complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and breach of implied contract.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-08-17
The court held that the motion for class certification is denied without prejudice because the plaintiffs have not yet demonstrated that common questions of law or fact predominate over individual ones, particularly regarding causation and the extent of interference.
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-07-24
The court held that it lacked both general and specific personal jurisdiction over the defendants, and therefore granted their motion to dismiss in part.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-07-21
The court held that the plaintiff stated a colorable claim against the non-diverse defendant, thus the joinder was not fraudulent and the case must be remanded.
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2022-07-20
Luis Frank Navarro and his law firm appealed a trial court order that granted in part their motion to compel arbitration of claims brought by former partner Tania Varela. The trial court compelled arbitration of breach of contract, accounting, and fraudulent misrepresentation cla
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-06-30
The court held that a plaintiff cannot pursue a civil rights action for deprivation of property if adequate state post-deprivation remedies exist, and that verbal abuse alone does not constitute a constitutional violation.
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-06-08
The court granted the defendant's motion to transfer venue to the Northern District of Texas.
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-05-19
Ronald Saint-Vil, an African American man, sued the City of Miami Beach and Officer Augustin Rodriguez for injuries arising from his arrest in November 2017, including claims for battery, false arrest, excessive force, and negligent training. The court granted summary judgment in
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-05-09
The court held that the plaintiff's allegations, including being sent back to work after an assault and subsequently blamed and harassed, were sufficient to state a claim for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-04-26
The court held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the plaintiffs' state law claims did not arise under federal law, and the defendant's federal preemption defense did not establish federal question jurisdiction.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-04-25
The court denied the plaintiff's motions, adopting the magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss the third amended complaint for failing to comply with federal rules regarding shotgun pleadings.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-04-22
The court held that the plaintiff's complaint was a shotgun pleading and dismissed it without prejudice, granting leave to amend.
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-03-30
The court granted in part and denied in part the motion to dismiss, finding that admiralty jurisdiction exists but diversity jurisdiction was not properly pleaded, and that the Death on the High Seas Act's applicability could not be determined at this stage.
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-02-12
The court held that the plaintiff's complaint, as it applied to the hotel, was an impermissible shotgun pleading and failed to state claims for federal civil rights violations, negligence, gross negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-02-07
The court held that a defendant cannot use Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 67 to confess judgment and deposit funds to unilaterally moot claims against individual defendants, and that defendants must answer interrogatories seeking the factual basis for their affirmative defenses.
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-02-02
The court granted in part and denied in part the motion to compel discovery, ordering the production of certain student records with redactions and denying the request for attorney's fees.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-01-19
The court held that the plaintiffs failed to satisfy the statutory notice requirement for their Title II claim against LKJ, warranting dismissal, and therefore declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state law claims.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-01-18
Summary judgment is granted for Defendant Gonzalez because the plaintiff's claims against him are unsupported by evidence, and even if the alleged actions occurred, they do not rise to the level of excessive force or outrageous conduct, and qualified immunity applies.
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-01-11
The court held that the plaintiff's complaint was a shotgun pleading, failed to state a claim, and was likely barred by the statute of limitations, warranting dismissal.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-01-10
The court held that Omegle.com, LLC is immune from liability under the Communications Decency Act (CDA) Section 230 for claims arising from user conduct, as it is an interactive computer service provider and the claims treat it as a publisher of third-party content.
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-01-07
The court granted in part and denied in part the motion to compel, ordering the plaintiff to provide names and locations of medical providers but denying other requests due to lack of relevance or proper documentation.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-01-07
The court held that a plaintiff's failure to provide the required 30-day notice to the appropriate state authority before filing a Title II Civil Rights Act claim mandates dismissal of that claim, even if the notice is provided after the lawsuit is filed.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-12-14
The court held that the Professional Services Exclusion did not apply because WTA's alleged conduct involved business decisions rather than professional services, thus triggering the duty to defend.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-11-19
The court held that the plaintiffs failed to plead sufficient facts to establish that Carnival had actual or constructive notice of the alleged dangers at the hospital, thus failing to state a plausible claim for negligence.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-10-27
The court held that the plaintiff failed to state a claim for municipal liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and dismissed the intentional infliction of emotional distress claim, but denied the motion to dismiss the complaint as a shotgun pleading.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-10-26
The court held that while genuine issues of material fact preclude summary judgment on the false imprisonment claim, the plaintiffs' claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, and civil theft fail as a matter of law.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-10-26
The court recommended dismissal of the case because the plaintiff failed to comply with court orders, filed a deficient 'shotgun pleading,' and failed to state a plausible claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-10-19
The court held that a stay of discovery is not warranted pending resolution of a motion to dismiss when the motion is not clearly meritorious or case-dispositive, and the moving party has not shown good cause or reasonableness.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-10-08
The court held that the complaint, while containing some improper re-incorporation of paragraphs, provided sufficient notice and was not a shotgun pleading; however, the federal claims against the County and MDPD were dismissed for failure to adequately allege a municipal policy
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-10-05
The court denied the plaintiff's motion for leave to file a third amended complaint because all proposed amendments were futile.