GONZALES v. CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION (2025)

Affirmed. See Rich v. Narog, 366 So. 3d 1111, 1118 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022) (“[W]here ․ the nonmoving party bears the burden of proof on a dispositive issue at trial, the moving party need only demonstrate ‘that there is an absence of evidence to support the nonmoving party's case.’ ” (footnote omitted) (quoting Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 325, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986))); Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp. v. Kings Creek S. Condo, Inc., 300 So. 3d 763, 765 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020) (“Under a named perils insurance policy, [the insured] bore the burden to prove that wind, as a covered cause of loss under the policy, caused the damage to the buildings.”); Baker v. Airguide Mfg., LLC, 151 So. 3d 38, 40 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014) (“[I]t is well-established Florida law that a party may not rely on an affidavit that contradicts or repudiates prior deposition testimony simply to defeat a motion for summary judgment.”); Ruiz v. Wendy's Trucking, LLC, 357 So. 3d 292, 304 (Fla. 2d DCA 2023) (“[I]t [is] inappropriate for a party to raise an issue for the first time on appeal from summary judgment.” (quoting Dober v. Worrell, 401 So. 2d 1322, 1324 (Fla. 1981))).

PER CURIAM.