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M.D. Fla.·
2023-09-05
A real estate developer sued the City of Naples and its officials for allegedly orchestrating a coordinated campaign to sabotage his commercial projects and drive him out of business through selective enforcement of building codes, false statements to lenders, and harassing condu
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-09-01
The court held that the pro se prisoner's complaint was a shotgun pleading, failed to state claims under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and his application to proceed in forma pauperis was legally insufficient.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-08-16
The court held that the defendants' motion to dismiss should be denied because the plaintiff sufficiently pled its claims, has standing, and the court has personal jurisdiction over the defendants.
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S.D. Fla.·
2023-06-05
The court held that the plaintiff adequately pled claims for defamation per se, defamation by implication, and conspiracy to defame, and therefore denied the defendants' motion to dismiss.
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-05-26
Craig Ridley died in October 2017, approximately four weeks after correctional officers at a Florida prison allegedly used excessive force on him, causing a spinal cord injury that left him quadriplegic; his estate and surviving family members filed this wrongful death suit again
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N.D. Fla.·
2023-04-10
The court adopted the magistrate judge's report and recommendation, granting dismissal for the conspiracy claim and claims against Defendant Dixson, while denying dismissal for other claims.
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Del. Super. Ct.·
2022-11-03
The court held that anti-reliance and non-recourse provisions in a contract do not necessarily bar a fraud claim at the motion to dismiss stage if the plaintiff adequately pleads that a non-signatory party was knowingly complicit in the fraudulent representations. The court also
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-09-19
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.·
2022-08-23
The court denied the defendant's motion to dismiss or for a more definite statement, finding the amended complaint stated plausible claims for relief.
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M.D. Fla.·
2022-07-26
The court held that most of the plaintiff's claims, including retaliation and failure to protect, were not plausibly pleaded or were barred by Heck v. Humphrey. However, the retaliation claim against one defendant survived dismissal.
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N.D. Fla.·
2022-07-15
The court held that the defendant superintendent was entitled to qualified immunity and summary judgment because the plaintiff failed to present evidence of her personal involvement in or a causal connection to the alleged constitutional violations, nor evidence of a conspiracy.
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11th Cir.·
2022-06-09
A public employee who was terminated after her employer made false and stigmatizing statements about her without providing a meaningful opportunity for a name-clearing hearing stated a valid claim for violation of due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment, and a jury verd
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-11-05
The Court granted in part and denied in part the School Board Defendants' Rule 11 Motion for Sanctions.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-10-08
The undersigned respectfully recommends that Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss be GRANTED WITH PREJUDICE.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-06-17
Bluegreen Vacations sued timeshare termination service defendants, alleging they falsely advertised guaranteed contract cancellation services and engaged in coordinated schemes involving false advertising, tortious interference, and fraud that caused timeshare owners to default o
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-04-22
The court held that claims against a defendant must specify the defendant's role in making misrepresentations, and "lumping" multiple defendants together is insufficient under Rule 10b-5 and Rule 9(b).
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-03-17
The court held that the amended complaint was not an impermissible shotgun pleading and not a consequence of improper claim splitting, but granted dismissal for claims of conspiracy under 42 U.S.C. § 1985 and defamation due to absolute privilege.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-02-16
The court held that the plaintiff's claims for false arrest and First Amendment retaliation failed to state a plausible claim for relief and were dismissed.
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M.D. Fla.·
2021-02-16
Plaintiff's false arrest claim (Count I) was dismissed because Plaintiff failed to allege the essential elements of a false arrest claim under Florida law, including that the arrest was unreasonable and not warranted by the circumstances, and because Plaintiff did not allege that
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-01-07
Scanz Technologies, Inc., a Canadian software company, sued competitors for allegedly stealing its trade secret scanning technology used in securities trading after their licensing agreement terminated in 2015. The court dismissed the claims against defendant Timothy Bohen due to
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M.D. Fla.·
2020-12-29
The court granted in part Plaintiff's motion for reconsideration, allowing him to replead certain dismissed counts based on new evidence of conspiracy outside the entity.
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S.D. Fla.·
2020-10-29
The court held that most of the plaintiff's claims were barred by the statute of limitations and that the remaining malicious prosecution claims failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
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M.D. Fla.·
2020-10-28
The court granted in part the motion to dismiss, dismissing the conspiracy claim and the § 1986 claim with prejudice, while denying the motion on other grounds.
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M.D. Fla.·
2020-04-24
The court granted in part and denied in part defendants' motions to dismiss, dismissing several counts with prejudice or without prejudice, while allowing others to proceed.
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M.D. Fla.·
2020-02-20
The court held that the plaintiff failed to state claims for relief under various constitutional amendments and statutes due to vague allegations, failure to meet legal standards, and statutory limitations.
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S.D. Fla.·
2020-01-16
The court held that the complaint was an impermissible shotgun pleading and dismissed all claims.
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M.D. Fla.·
2019-11-06
The court held that the plaintiff failed to state an Eighth Amendment claim for failure to protect against most defendants but allowed the failure-to-intervene claim against one defendant to proceed.
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M.D. Fla.·
2019-11-04
The court denied the plaintiff's motion to amend his complaint to add numerous state-law claims and defendants, but granted an extension of discovery deadlines and allowed amendment to add a failure to intervene claim against two specific defendants. The request for appointment o
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M.D. Fla.·
2019-08-20
The court held that the defendants' motions to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims for false advertising, contributory false advertising, and violation of Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act were due to be denied.
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M.D. Fla.·
2014-09-24
The court held that the plaintiff's amended complaint was a shotgun pleading and that the defendants were entitled to absolute immunity for their quasi-judicial actions in investigating the plaintiff's discrimination claim.
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849 F. Supp. 2d 1055·
M.D. Fla.·
2013-12-26
The court denied all pending dispositive motions, finding genuine disputes of material fact and plausible claims that precluded dismissal or summary judgment at this stage.
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79 F. Supp. 443·
S.D. Fla.·
2013-09-26
The court held that the City's motion to dismiss was denied as to claims of a custom or practice of retaliation and a retaliatory suspension by a final policymaker, and that the City Manager was not entitled to quasi-judicial immunity at this stage and his qualified immunity defe
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649 F. App'x 107·
S.D. Fla.·
2012-03-05
Summary judgment is granted because the plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case for race or age discrimination and did not present evidence of a conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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Del. Ch.·
2007-11-27
The court held that personal jurisdiction over the defendant lawyer and law firm was proper in Delaware. The court found that their actions in preparing and filing a certificate amendment in Delaware, along with their provision of legal advice on Delaware corporate law matters an
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390 F. Supp. 2d 1073·
M.D. Fla.·
2005-02-15
The court held that Lockheed Martin sufficiently alleged claims for monopolization and conspiracy to monopolize, except for claims based on the heavy-lift launch services market, which was deemed too small.
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348 F. Supp. 2d 1343·
S.D. Fla.·
2004-12-14
The court held that the defendant county was not liable for excessive force under § 1983 because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a municipal policy or custom of permitting such force, nor did the county exhibit deliberate indifference to the officer's alleged racism or reckle
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111 F. Supp. 2d 1320·
M.D. Fla.·
2000-08-02
The court held that the plaintiff failed to establish a conspiracy or actionable injury under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(2) for alleged retaliation related to his affidavit in a federal lawsuit.
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721 F.2d 306·
10th Cir.·
1983-11-15
Affiliated businesses with common ownership and integrated operations are considered a single entity incapable of conspiring under Section 1 of the Sherman Act.