LAURA COOMES
v.
HERNAN M. PACHECO

Fla. 5th DCA | 2026-07-28
No. 2025-0364
Scaglione, J., Eisnaugle, J., Harris, J., Boatwright, J.
2026 FL 9560 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2026)

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Holding

An adverse legal ruling must be challenged through timely appeal and cannot be reconsidered under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540.


Headnotes

[1] An adverse legal ruling must be challenged by timely appeal and cannot be reconsidered under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540.

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“[T]he adverse legal ruling should have been raised by a timely appeal—and would therefore be improper for consideration under [Florida Rule of Civil Procedure] 1.540.”

Court's citation to Phenion Dev. Grp., Inc. v. Love, 940 So. 2d 1179, 1183 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006)

Facts & Procedural History

Laura Coomes appealed a circuit court judgment in a case involving Hernan M. Pacheco. The appeal involved a question of whether certain legal rulings …

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Opinion of the Court

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 5D2025-0364 LT Case No. 2022-CA-000406

LAURA COOMES, Appellant,

V.

HERNAN M. PACHECO, Appellee.

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Hernando County. Donald Eugene Scaglione, Judge.

Janis Rosenthal, of the Law Office of Janis Rosenthal, Brooksville, for Appellant.

Frank C. Miranda, of Frank Charles Miranda, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.

July 28, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Phenion Dev. Grp., Inc. v. Love, 940 So. 2d 1179, 1183 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) (“[T]he adverse legal ruling should have been raised by a timely appeal—and would therefore be improper for consideration under [Florida Rule of Civil Procedure] 1.540.").

EISNAUGLE, HARRIS, and BOATWRIGHT, JJ., concur.


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