by Paula Hines | Apr 21, 2006 | Cases, Commercial
927 So. 2d 135 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) The Tummala case involves an interesting question of law arising under Florida’s restrictive covenant (sometimes referred to as “non-compete”) statute, concerning whether patients that physicians referred to a...
by Paula Hines | Feb 24, 2006 | Cases, Plantiffs
920 So. 2d 1235 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm represented an Orlando City Commissioner, Ernest Page, in an election challenge. The firm successfully defended the incumbent candidate in a case that involved the interpretation of the City of...
by Paula Hines | Aug 31, 2005 | Cases, Property Rights
912 So. 2d 48 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005) The trial court excluded the property owners’ experts from testifying about “property blight” in an inverse condemnation case. The Fourth District Court of Appeal agreed that such testimony should have been allowed,...
by Paula Hines | May 28, 2004 | Cases, Family Law
873 So. 2d 601 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004) A father appealed the apportionment of settlement proceeds arising out of a motor vehicle accident that claimed the life of their 14 year old daughter. The trial court had awarded our client, the mother, a greater portion of the...
by Paula Hines | Feb 6, 2004 | Cases, Family Law
864 So. 2d 1275 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004) This case dealt with the International Child Abduction Remedies Act which implemented the Hague Convention. After a mother absconded with her children to Germany, the trial court awarded primary residential custody of the children...
