638 So. 2d 102 (1994) EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. The INSURANCE COMPANY OF The STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, and East Coast Intermodal Systems, Inc., a/k/a E.C.I.S., INC., Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and Luis Carbonell and Robert L. LeCount, Appellees. Case Nos. 93-2183, 93-1315. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. May 24, 1994. Rehearing Denied July 12, 1994. Rhea P. Grossman, Miami, for appellant/cross-appellee. Marlow, Connell, Valerius,...
636 So. 2d 827 (1994) PHYSICIANS PROTECTIVE TRUST FUND, et al., Petitioners, v. W. Glenn OVERMAN and Betty L. Overman, his wife, Respondents. No. 94-996. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. May 4, 1994. Ralph O. Anderson, Hicks, Anderson & Blum, P.A., Miami, for petitioners. No appearance for respondents. GRIFFIN, Judge. Petitioners seek the emergency issuance of a writ of certiorari to quash an order of sanctions for failure to appear at mediation in compliance with Rule 1.720...
641 So. 2d 515 (1994) Edgar GORDON, Petitioner, v. ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD., etc., et al., Respondent. No. 94-989. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. August 31, 1994. *516 Cooper & Wolfe, P.A., Sharon L. Wolfe and Charles R. Lipcon, Miami, for petitioner. Robert D. Peltz, Miami, for respondent. Before JORGENSON, LEVY and GREEN, JJ. PER CURIAM. Petitioner EDGAR GORDON ("GORDON") seeks the issuance of a writ of certiorari to quash the trial court's order requiring an...
642 So. 2d 667 (1994) Ramon CORONA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 94-98. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. September 21, 1994. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Polin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee. Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., BARKDULL and GODERICH, JJ. PER CURIAM. The defendant, Ramon Corona, appeals from an order revoking his community control. We...
639 So. 2d 627 (1994) Donald BIERMAN, et al., Petitioners, v. Robert O. MILLER, Jr., Respondent. No. 94-976. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. June 28, 1994. Angones Hunter McClure Lynch & Williams and Christopher J. Lynch, Miami, for petitioners. Buchbinder & Elegant, David B. Mishael, Miami, for respondent. Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ. JORGENSON, Judge. Donald Bierman and the law firm of Bierman, Shohat, & Loewy, P.A. seek certiorari review of an order...
640 So. 2d 222 (1994) T.A.R., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 94-97. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. August 5, 1994. James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Sean K. Ahmed, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Barbara Arlene Fink, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee. COBB, Judge. Following separate adjudicatory hearings, T.A.R., a thirteen year old juvenile, was adjudicated...
649 So. 2d 270 (1994) Tricia Lee TAYLOR, Petitioner, v. Honorable Patrick G. KENNEDY, Circuit Court Judge, Etc. Respondent. No. 94-955. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. December 30, 1994. Rehearing Denied February 3, 1995. Rick Brown, Daytona Beach, for petitioner. George H. Russ, of Sellar, Sewell, Russ & Saylor, P.A., Leesburg, for respondent, Robert L. Affourtit. No appearance for respondent, Patrick G. Kennedy. GRIFFIN, Judge. Petitioner, Tricia Taylor ["Taylor"], seeks...
648 So. 2d 193 (1994) Norma VAUGHAN, Appellant, v. GUARDIANSHIP OF Clarence Buford VAUGHAN, Appellee. No. 94-91. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. December 16, 1994. *194 Marilyn J. Hochman, Winter Park, for appellant. Donald W. Scarlett of Donald W. Scarlett, P.A., Orlando, for appellee. COBB, Judge. The issue posed by this appeal is whether the guardianship court erred in granting authority to the guardian of the person to initiate a dissolution action on behalf of the ward....
645 So. 2d 185 (1994) Tommy Wayne THOMAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 94-896. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. November 23, 1994. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Cecily Robinson-Duffie, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee. Before BARKDULL, JORGENSON and COPE, JJ. BARKDULL, Judge. Defendant appeals his conviction, after trial by jury, on counts of burglary and...
659 So. 2d 309 (1994) Curtis Luedo POOLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 94-888. District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. December 21, 1994. Curtis Luedo Poole, pro se. No appearance for appellee. SHIVERS, Senior Judge. Curtis Luedo Poole appeals the trial court's order denying his Rule 3.800(a) Motion to Correct Illegal Sentence. Poole, who was convicted pursuant to a jury verdict of possession of cocaine, resisting arrest with violence, and three counts of battery...
637 So. 2d 993 (1994) Antonia Marie McDowell WATKINS, Petitioner, v. Vladimir ROSENTHAL, M.D., Vladimir Rosenthal, M.D., P.A., Respondents. No. 94-882. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. June 7, 1994. Craig S. Bulkeley, Coral Gables, for petitioner. Womack & Bass, Miami, and Eric Colburn Sage, Plantation, for respondents. Before BARKDULL, JORGENSON and GERSTEN, JJ. PER CURIAM. Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari to quash an order granting respondents leave to *994 depose...
639 So. 2d 660 (1994) COMMERCIAL CARRIER CORP., Petitioner, v. Cheryl ROCKHEAD, as personal representative of the estate of Mark Adrian Rockhead, Deceased, Respondent. No. 94-862. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. July 5, 1994. *661 John S. Freud and Michael J. Schwartz, Miami, [*] for petitioner. Philip M. Gerson and Edward S. Schwartz, Miami, [*] for respondent. Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and LEVY, JJ. SCHWARTZ, [*] Chief Judge. As we have previously indicated in...
645 So. 2d 1110 (1994) Michael MAJORS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 94-836. District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. December 7, 1994. Michael Majors, pro se. No appearance for appellee. ERVIN, Judge. Michael Majors appeals from the summary denial of his motion to vacate sentence, which had alleged eight grounds for relief. We affirm the summary denial of six of the claims, but reverse and remand for further proceedings on the remaining two. The first point...
643 So. 2d 1101 (1994) PREFERRED MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign insurance company authorized to do business in the State of Florida, Appellant, v. Manuel MARTINEZ and Clara Martinez, his wife, Appellees. No. 94-828. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. August 24, 1994. Rehearing Denied November 2, 1994. *1102 Ponzoli, Wassenberg & Sperkacz and John P. Keller and Ronald Ponzoli, Miami, for appellant. Adolfo Del Castillo, Miami, for appellees. Before HUBBART, BASKIN and COPE,...
645 So. 2d 178 (1994) MSI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., as assignee of Resolution Trust Corporation, etc., Appellant, v. VETERANS CONSTRUCTION CORP., a Delaware corp., and Hilaire Beck, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Louis Beck, deceased, et al., Appellees. No. 94-824. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. November 23, 1994. Mishan, Sloto, Hoffman & Greenberg, Carol L. Cox and Jeffrey R. Sonn, Miami, for appellant. *179 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Christopher S....
646 So. 2d 808 (1994) J.B., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 94-811. District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. December 8, 1994. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and William J. Bakstran, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. PER CURIAM. J.B., a juvenile, was convicted of the criminal offenses of theft of an automobile and theft of a golfcart....
639 So. 2d 63 (1994) STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY and Leonard Elias, Appellees. No. 94-81. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. May 3, 1994. Rehearing Denied June 19, 1994. *64 Taylor, Day & Rio and Vincent J. Rio, III, and Charles M. Johnston, for appellant. Robert A. Ginsburg, County Atty., Thomas Goldstein and Gerald K. Sanchez, Asst. County Attys., for Dade County. William F. Merlin, Jr., for Florida Ass'n of Public Ins....
641 So. 2d 172 (1994) Glenn SCHOFIELD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 94-776. District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. August 11, 1994. Glenn Schofield, pro se, appellant. No appearance for appellee. PER CURIAM. Glenn Schofield appeals the trial court's summary denial of his rule 3.850 motion. We affirm the denial without prejudice to Schofield to resubmit his motion to the trial court. Our affirmance is based upon two grounds. First, a review of Schofield's rule 3....
644 So. 2d 176 (1994) Ruth SWEET, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 94-775. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. October 28, 1994. James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Anne Moorman Reeves, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Anthony J. Golden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee. COBB, Judge. On this appeal, the defendant contends that several conditions of probation were illegally...
645 So. 2d 510 (1994) Joseph S. PRATT, Appellant, v. Juanita PRATT, Appellee. No. 94-745. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. October 26, 1994. Rehearing Denied December 14, 1994. Lesperance Lesperance & Lesperance, Richard M. Gale, Miami, for appellant. Mercedes Busto, Coral Gables, for appellee. Before HUBBART, COPE and LEVY, JJ. PER CURIAM. This is an appeal by the husband Joseph S. Pratt from (1) a final order denying his motion to modify downward the alimony payments...
