NADER v. AIM RECOVERY SERVICES INC (2025)

Affirmed. See Hardison v. Bank of N.Y. Mellon, 399 So. 3d 1173, 1174 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024) (“[The appellants] did not challenge the failure of the trial court to make the required findings in their motion for rehearing. Because [the appellants] failed to do so, this issue is not preserved for appellate review, and we are compelled to affirm.”); Gervas v. Gazul Producciones SL Unipersonal, 358 So. 3d 1257, 1259 n.3 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023) (“Under the new summary judgment standard, a movant who bears the burden of persuasion at trial has the initial burden of demonstrating the absence of a genuine issue of material fact and must produce evidence sufficient to result in a directed verdict at trial. Once this initial burden is met, the party opposing the summary judgment motion must then provide evidence showing that there exists a genuine issue of material fact.”) (citation omitted); Chowdhury v. BankUnited, N.A., 366 So. 3d 1130, 1133 n.2 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023) (“[T]o the extent that [the defendants] relied on an affirmative defense to [the plaintiff's] claim, [the defendants] bore the burden of showing that the affirmative defense was applicable and, therefore, precluded entry of summary judgment.”).

PER CURIAM.