REAL ESTATE CORNER
REAL ESTATE CORNER
Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report
MANUEL FARACH
Lamonaco v. Experian Information Solutions,
Inc., Case No. 24-11270( 11th Cir. 2025). https:// media. ca11. uscourts. gov / opinions / pub / files / 202411270. pdf An arbitration agreement may delegate threshold arbitration questions, including the question of whether party waived the right to arbitrate, to the arbitral panel.
Benshot, LLC v. 2 Monkey Trading, LLC( In Re: 2 Monkey Trading, LLC), Case No. 23- 12342( 11th Cir. 2025). https:// media. ca11. uscourts. gov / opinions / pub / files / 202312342. pdf Neither individual nor corporate debtors can discharge debts listed under § 523( a) in Subchapter V proceedings.
AST & Science LLC v. Delclaux Partners SA, Case No. 23-11985( 11th Cir. 2025). https:// media. ca11. uscourts. gov / opinions / pub / files / 202311985. pdf Federal jurisdiction over state law claims exists only in the very narrow circumstances set forth in Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing, 545 U. S. 308( 2005): the state law claim was necessarily raised, actually disputed, substantial, and capable of resolution in federal court without disrupting the federal-state balance approved by Congress.
Nalco Company LLC v. Bonday, Case No. 22-13546( 11th Cir. 2025). https:// media. ca11. uscourts. gov / opinions / pub / files / 202213546. pdf Arbitrators exceed their powers – and their resulting award may be vacated – if they rule on issues never submitted to arbitral panel.
MONY Life Insurance Company v. Perez, Case No. 23-10770( 11th Cir. 2025). https:// media. ca11. uscourts. gov / opinions / pub / files / 202310770. pdf An insurer is not entitled to seek unjust enrichment on a policy( i. e., a written contract) it paid benefits even if the insured lied to receive the benefits as Florida contract law does not permit an equitable claim when a contract exists between the parties.
Weinstein v. 440 Corp., Case No. 23-13807( 11th Cir. 2025). https:// media. ca11. uscourts. gov / opinions / pub / files / 202313807. pdf Federal Rule of Civil Procedure( a) permits the dismissal of a single plaintiff in a multiple-plaintiff case so long as all claims that the plaintiff brought against any defendant are dismissed.
JJJTB, Inc. v. Schmidt, Case No. SC2023- 0915( Fla. 2025). https:// supremecourt. flcourts. gov / content / download / 2454788 / opinion / Opinion _ SC2023-0915. pdf Case jurisdiction, unlike subject matter jurisdiction, is waived if a party fails to timely object to the court’ s lack thereof.
Rojas v. University of Florida Board of
Trustees, Case No. SC2023-0126( Fla. 2025). https:// supremecourt. flcourts. gov / content / download / 2454784 / opinion / Opinion _ SC2023-0126. pdf Properly authorized state contracts are not subject to sovereign immunity, and pursuant to Pan-Am Tobacco Corp. v. Department of Corrections, 471 So. 2d 4, 6( Fla. 1984) and County of Brevard v. Miorelli Engineering, Inc., 703 So. 2d 1049( Fla. 1997), carry all usual implied covenants including the obligation of fair dealing and duty of performance in good faith.
Lutheran Services Florida, Inc. v. Davis, Case No. 2D2024-0912( Fla. 2d DCA 2024). https:// 2dca. flcourts. gov / content / download / 2454172 / opinion / Opinion _ 2024-0912. pdf A new claim cannot be made for the first time in a motion for summary judgment.
Almendral v. J & C Property Management
Corp., Case No. 3D24-2319( Fla. 3d DCA 2025). https:// 3dca. flcourts. gov / content / download / 2454233 / opinion / Opinion _ 2024-2319. pdf A trial court does not abuse its discretion by requiring a tenant to deposit the rent alleged to be due into the court registry before ruling on a motion to dismiss.
American First Federal, Inc. v. Trugon Properties, Inc., Case No. 4D2024-1194( Fla. 4th DCA 2025). https:// 4dca. flcourts. gov / content / download / 2454215 / opinion / Opinion _ 2024-1194. pdf Despite ten years of performance under the agreement, the Banking Statute of Frauds( Florida Statute section 687.0304) applies to oral agreements which modify a judgment.
Hillsborough County v. G. L. Acquisitions Corporation, Inc., Case No. 2D2024-1958( Fla. 2d DCA 2025). https:// 2dca. flcourts. gov / content / download / 2454441 / opinion / Opinion _ 2024-1958. pdf A circuit court reviewing the decision of a local administrative agency on first tier certiorari review departs from the essential requirements of law by basing its review on a finding that the local administrative agency did not make.
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