JEREMY ALTERS, ET AL.,
v.
ALFREDO VILLOLDO, ET AL.

Fla. 3d DCA | 2026-08-27
No. 2024-1919
Diaz, J., Logue, J., Lobree, J., Gooden, J.
2026 FL 11035 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2026)

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When contract language is clear and unambiguous, it must be interpreted and enforced according to its plain meaning.


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[1] When contract language is clear and unambiguous, courts must interpret and enforce the contract according to its plain meaning and may not give it any meaning beyond that…

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“The cardinal rule of contractual construction is that when the language of the contract is clear and unambiguous, the contract must be interpreted and enforced in accordance with its plain meaning.”

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Jeremy Alters and others appealed a circuit court decision in Miami-Dade County involving a contractual dispute with Alfredo Villoldo and others.…

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Opinion of the Court

Third District Court of Appeal

State of Florida

Opinion filed August 27, 2026.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

No. 3D24-1919

Lower Tribunal No. 16-8682-CA-01

Jeremy Alters, et al.,

Appellants,

VS.

Alfredo Villoldo, et al.,

Appellees.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Reemberto Diaz, Judge.

The Law Offices of Berman & Berman, P.A., and Matthew T. Moore and Aaron Williams (Boca Raton), for appellants.

Leto Law Firm, and Matthew P. Leto and Charles P. Gourlis, for appellees.

Before LOGUE, LOBREE, and GOODEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Seawatch at Marathon Condo. Ass'n v. Guarantee Co. of N. Am., 286 So. 3d 823, 827 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (“The cardinal rule of contractual construction is that when the language of the contract is clear and unambiguous, the contract must be interpreted and enforced in accordance with its plain meaning.” (quoting Columbia Bank v. Columbia Devs., LLC, 127 So. 3d 670, 673 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013))); Walgreen Co. v. Habitat Dev. Corp., 655 So. 2d 164, 165 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995) (“When a contract is clear and unambiguous, the court is not at liberty to give the contract ‘any meaning beyond that expressed.” (citation omitted)).

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