MANUEL J. MENENDEZ
v.
RAFAEL BONAFONTE
AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.
When a trial court conducts a full evidentiary hearing on a motion to enforce settlement, its factual findings are reviewed for substantial competent evidence and the appellate court must indulge every fact and inference in support of the judgment.
[1] On appeal from a trial court's decision on a motion to enforce settlement following a full evidentiary hearing, the appellate court reviews the trial court's factual find…
Previewing 1 of 1 headnotes on this case. FLexlaw’s editorially structured points of law — every proposition, pinpointed — are reserved for members.
Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“The findings of the trial court, as the trier of fact, come to this court clothed with a presumption of correctness, and where there is substantial competent evidence to sustain the actions of the trial court, the appellate court cannot substitute its opinion on the evidence but rather must indulge every fact and inference in support of the trial court's judgment, which is the equivalent of a jury verdict.”
Standard of review for factual findings in settlement enforcement proceedings
Manuel J. Menendez and others appealed a circuit court decision regarding a settlement enforcement matter in Miami-Dade County.…
The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.
Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.
Explore caselaw by topic → Browse Trial Court Findings cases and more on FLexlaw
Kula & Associates, P.A., and Elliot B. Kula and W. Aaron Daniel and William D. Mueller, for appellee. Before LOGUE, C.J., and LINDSEY and LOBREE, JJ. PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Archange v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., 314 So. 3d 717, 718 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) (“Fratangelo v. Coosemans, 264 So. 3d 1079, 1079 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (‘When the trial court conducts a full evidentiary hearing on a motion to enforce settlement, “[t]he findings of the trial court, as the trier of fact, come to this court clothed with a presumption of correctness, and where there is substantial competent evidence to sustain the actions of the trial court, the appellate court cannot substitute its opinion on the evidence but rather must indulge every fact and inference in support of the trial court's judgment, which is the equivalent of a jury verdict.”’ (quoting Smiley v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., 704 So. 2d 204, 205 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998))).”).
Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus
Citator
Cited By
-
Menendez v. Bonafonte, 314 So. 3d 717 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023)…PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Archange v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., 314 So. 3d 717, 718 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) (“Fratangelo v. Coosemans, 264 So. 3d 1079, 1079 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (‘When the trial court conducts a full evidentiary hearing on a motion to enforce settlement, “[t]he findings of the trial court, as the trier of fact, come…
Authorities Cited
- Smiley v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., 704 So. 2d 204 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998)
- Fratangelo v. Coosemans, 264 So. 3d 1079 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019)
- Menendez v. Bonafonte, 314 So. 3d 717 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023)