Supreme Court of Florida - November 2010 Opinion Summaries

Greenfield v. Daniels

Family Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit against a doctor, claiming that the decedent was negligently discharged by the doctor and by the hospital without a proper...

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. S. Florida Water Mgmt. Dist.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In plaintiffs' suit challenging the the South Florida Water Management District's (District) suit seeking validation of certificates of participation...

Kilgore v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Trial court's denial of defendant's motion for postconviction relief from his capital murder conviction and sentence of death is affirmed and...

McGirth v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for first-degree murder and sentence of death area affirmed where: 1) competent, substantial evidence exists to support each...

Tasker v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In defendant's challenge to forty victim injury points included for sexual contact on his Criminal Punishment Code (CPC) scoresheet, the Fist District...

Custer Med. Ctr. v. Unified Auto. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a hospital's suit against an insurance company for unpaid medical bills, judgment of the district court is quashed and remanded for reinstatement...

Crist v. Ervin

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
Trial court's ruling that Florida Statutes directing portions of civil filing fees to the general revenue fund are unconstitutional is reversed where:...

Florida Bar v. Irish

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice
Referee's report recommending that the attorney be found guilty of professional misconduct and disbarred effective, nunc pro tunc, October 8, 2008, is...