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Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 44 November 2, 2024 Manuel Farach   VFS Leasing Co. v. Markel Insurance Company, Case No. 22-13338 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202213338.pdf) Pursuant to Florida Statute section 673.4141(3), a drawer is discharged of its payment obligation when a jointly issued check is accepted by a drawee...
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Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 43 October 26, 2024 Manuel Farach   Evans v. Gulf Landings Association, Inc., Case No. 2D2022-3709 (Fla. 2d DCA 2024). (https://2dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2442488/opinion/Opinion_2022-3709.pdf) A previous case must have been fully litigated and have concluded in a final judgment for the doctrine of law of the case to...
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Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 42 October 19, 2024 Manuel Farach   Hidroelectrica Santa Rita S.A. v. Corporacion AIC, SA, Case No. 23-12519 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202312519.pdf) Arbitrators do not exceed their powers if they are interpreting the contract, even if the interpretation may be erroneous.   BAM Trading Services,...
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Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume VII, Issue 41 October 12, 2024 Manuel Farach   Parrott v. Neway ( In re: Parrott), Case No. 21-10718 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202110718.pdf) Failure to comply with the signature requirement for a federal appeal is non-jurisdictional.   Bergeron Environmental and Recycling, LLC v. LGL Recycling, LLC, Case...
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Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 40 October 5, 2024 Manuel Farach   Incident365 Florida, LLC v. Ocean Pointe V Condominium Association, Inc., Case Nos. 3D22-2239, 3D22-2240 & 3D22-2241 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024). (https://3dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2441488/opinion/Opinion_2022-2239.pdf) When considering the definitions of “contractor” in section 489.105(3) and “building contractor” in section 489.105(3)(b) and the...
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Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 39 September 28, 2024 Manuel Farach   OptumRx v. Bay Pharmacy Inc., Case No. 5D2023-0652 (Fla. 5th DCA 2024). (https://5dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2441306/opinion/Opinion_2023-0652.pdf) The fact that arbitration may occur outside Florida and apply non-Florida law is not a basis for objecting to arbitration.   Baldwin v. Laboratory Corporation...
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Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 38 September 21, 2024 Manuel Farach   Turner v. Jordan, Case No. 22-13159 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202213159.pdf) Federal courts apply comity and decline to intervene in cases involving states administering their taxing laws even if the claim is made under § 1983.   Celebrity Actors...
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Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 37 September 14, 2024 Manuel Farach   OHI Asset (VA) Martinsville SNF, LLC v. Wagner, (In re: Wagner), Case No. 22-13642 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202213642.pdf) A district court reviewing a bankruptcy court judgment must defer to the bankruptcy court’s credibility determinations.   In Re: Amendments...
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Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 36 September 7, 2024 Manuel Farach   Steines v. Westgate Palace, L.L.C., Case No. 22-14211 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202214211.pdf) The Military Lending Act, 10 U.S.C § 987, preempts the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., and precludes enforcement of the arbitration agreement...
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Florida Real Property and Business Litigation Report Volume XVII, Issue 35 August 31, 2024 Manuel Farach   ECB USA, INC. v. Chubb Insurance Company of New Jersey, Case No. 22-10811 (11th Cir. 2024). (https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202210811.op2.pdf) The Eleventh Circuit holds that the series-qualifier canon of interpretation directs that a postpositive modifier (e.g., “for financial institutions”) modifies all...
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