The appellate court upheld a trial court’s award of damages, including business losses, to a cargo ship owner because its vessel had been damaged in a fire that was negligently caused by shipyard employees making repairs to the vessel.

In this maritime action, the appellate court held that plaintiff’s counsel was properly disqualified since he had previously worked as an adjuster who had access to confidential information regarding the defendant cruise line.

Valsecchi v. Proprietors Insurance Co., 502 So. 2d 1310 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).

The appellate court found that the "law of the case" doctrine–which bars reconsideration of points of law which were, or should have been, adjudicated in a former appeal of the same case–prevented the plaintiffs from relitigating the choice-of-law questions.

W. J. v. State, 406 So. 2d 60 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).

The appellate court reversed the trial court’s finding that a juvenile was a delinquent because the evidence did not establish that he was guilty of theft, since the victim was unable to identify the juvenile and there was no evidence to show he committed any act to aid in the offense.

Arkwright-Boston Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co. v. Dunkel, 363 So. 2d 190 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978).

In this coverage case involving a mentally-ill brother fatally shooting his sister and wounding his niece, the appellate court held that an allegedly insane individual does not possess the requisite capacity to act "intentionally" within the framework of an "intentional injury exclusion clause" thereby giving rise to coverage.