by Paula Hines | Feb 22, 2008 | Cases, Commercial
974 So. 2d 1186 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008) The State Board of Education reversed a decision by a school board that denied a charter school’s application to operate. The school board appealed, and the Firm successfully defended the State Board’s decision in the...
by Paula Hines | Mar 7, 2007 | Amicus Briefs, Cases
949 So. 2d 1189 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) In this complex construction case, the Firm filed an Amicus Brief on behalf of the Associated General Contractors of America, and Associated General Contractors of Greater Florida. The First District sided with our...
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...
