CARL E. WILLIAMS, APPELLANT,

v.

FLORIDA PAROLE COMMISSION, ET AL., APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (16 total)

• Stark v. State Farm Fla. Ins. Co., 95 So. 3d 285 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012)
  …the trial court based the entry of summary judgment only on the insureds’ failure to provide timely notice. An appellate court "should not ordinarily decide issues not ruled on by the trial court in the first instance.” Akers v. City of Miami Beach, 745 So. 2d 532, 532 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999). We, therefore, "express no opinion as to the legal merits of [the insurer’s] alternative ground[s] at this time.” Id.…
• Metropcs Commc'ns v. Porter, 273 So. 3d 1025 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018)
  …ruled on the issue because it found that there wasn’t a binding arbitration agreement. Having reversed on that ground, we leave it to the trial court to decide the unconscionability issue in the first instance. See Akers v. City of Miami Beach, 745 So. 2d 532 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999) (“Appellee would have us affirm the summary judgment nevertheless on the alternative ground that there is insufficient evidence to support a finding of negligence on the part of the City. Because the trial court based its judgm…
• HJC Corp. v. Gallardo, 338 So. 3d 316 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022)
  …Florida court to defend the instant case. Not only are we uncomfortable applying Ford in the first instance,1 but any attempt by this Court to do so is virtually impossible because of the current state of the 1 See Akers v. City of Miami Beach, 745 So. 2d 532, 532 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999) (“[T]his court should not ordinarily decide issues not ruled on by the trial court in the first instance.”). 3 record before us. To wit, although the parties, at the non-evidentiary hearing conducted below, attempte…