ESCAMBIA COUNTY v. WHITESELL GREEN CADDELL JV LLC DLR (2026)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Florida, Appellant, v. WHITESELL-GREEN/CADDELL JV, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, DLR Group, Inc., Appellees.

No. 1D2024-1373

Decided: January 28, 2026

Therese A. Savona of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant. Kristina L. Marsh of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, Tampa; Stacy L. Moon of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, pro hac vice, Birmingham, AL, for Appellee DLR Group, Inc.

Affirmed.

Because the trial court correctly concluded that the professional standard of care that applied to all of Appellant's causes of action was that of a design criteria professional under section 287.055(2)(k), Florida Statutes (2022), and Appellant did not raise a material issue of fact to show how that standard was breached, we are correct to affirm the grant of summary final judgment for the Appellee/third-party defendant, DLR Group, Inc.

Per Curiam.

Rowe and Nordby, JJ., concur; Bilbrey, J., concurs with opinion.

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