J.J.L.J.J., S.A., ET AL.
v.
ELIDES ARRAIZ, ET AL.

Fla. 3d DCA | 2025-08-27
No. 2024-0040
Scales, C.J., Fernandez, J., Bokor, J., Santovenia, J.
2025 FL 7364 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2025)

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Holding

A trial court's findings of fact after a bench trial will not be disturbed on appeal unless they are clearly erroneous and unsupported by competent, substantial evidence.


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“The trial court's findings of fact 'will not be disturbed unless they are clearly erroneous.'”

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Opinion of the Court
Scales

Third District Court of Appeal Stateof Florida

Opinion filed August 27, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

No. 3D24-0040 Lower Tribunal No. 18-22816

J.J.L.J.J., S.A., et al., Appellants, vs. Elides Arraiz, et al., Appellees.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Maria de Jesus Santovenia, Judge.

The Law Offices of Alan Dagen, P.A., and Alan P. Dagen (Weston), for appellants.

Nordlund P.A, and Randall Nordlund; Cuevas, García & Torres, P.A., and Jose A. Torres, for appellees.

Before SCALES, C.J., and FERNANDEZ and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Haas Automation, Inc. v. Fox, 243 So. 3d 1017, 1023

(Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (“We review a judgment rendered after a bench trial to ensure that the trial court's findings of fact are supported by competent, substantial evidence.”); Underwater Eng'g Services, Inc. v. Util. Bd. of City of Key West, 194 So. 3d 437, 444 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016) (The trial court’s findings

of fact “will not be disturbed unless they are clearly erroneous.”) (citation omitted).

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