CRUZ v. CITY OF MIAMI (2026)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Elvis CRUZ, Appellant, v. CITY OF MIAMI, et al., Appellees.

No. 3D24-2199

Decided: May 20, 2026

Before LOGUE, MILLER and GOODEN, JJ.

David J. Winker, P.A., and David J. Winker, Coral Gables, for appellant. George K. Wysong, III, City Attorney, Eric J. Eves, Assistant City Attorney Supervisor and Marguerite C. Snyder, Assistant City Attorney, for appellee City of Miami.

Affirmed. See Inspired Capital, LLC v. Howell, 387 So. 3d 348, 352 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023) (“A fact finder may award nominal damages upon a finding of a breach.”) (emphasis added); Continuum Condo. Ass'n, Inc. v. Continuum VI, Inc., 549 So. 2d 1125, 1127 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989) (“While nominal damages can be awarded when a legal wrong has been proven, but the aggrieved party suffered no damages, or where, e.g., a contract has been breached, but for one reason or another recoverable damages were not proven, such is not the case here.”) (citations omitted).

PER CURIAM.

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