VELMA ANNE RUTH
v.
WARREN LUBOW, ETC.

Fla. 3d DCA | 2024-11-13
No. 3D2023-0440
389 So. 3d 695 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2024) Positive Treatment
Cited by 10 cases

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Synopsis

The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed a summary judgment entered in favor of Warren Lubow against Velma Anne Ruth. The court held that once the moving party meets its burden on summary judgment, the nonmoving party must come forward with evidentiary material to demonstrate a genuine issue of fact, and failure to do so results in proper entry of summary judgment.


Holding

The court affirmed the summary judgment, holding that once the moving party meets its burden of showing no genuine dispute as to any material fact and entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, the nonmoving party must come forward with evidentiary material demonstrating a genuine issue of fact exists. A trial court has discretion to refuse to consider counter-affidavits presented for the first time on a motion for rehearing as being too late.


Headnotes

[1] A trial court has discretion to refuse to consider counter-affidavits presented for the first time in a motion for rehearing of summary judgment as being too late.

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“once moving party meets its burden of showing no genuine dispute as to any material fact and that the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law, 'it is incumbent upon the nonmoving party to come forward with evidentiary material demonstrating that a genuine issue of fact exists . . . .'”

Establishes the core burden-shifting framework in summary judgment and the nonmoving party's obligation to respond with evidence.

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Facts & Procedural History

The case involved a summary judgment dispute between Velma Anne Ruth and Warren Lubow in Miami-Dade County Court. The nonmoving party (Ruth) failed to…

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Opinion of the Court

Third District Court of Appeal

State of Florida

Opinion filed November 13, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D23-0440 Lower Tribunal No. 19-8406 CC

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Velma Anne Ruth,

Appellant,

vs.

Warren Lubow, etc.,

Appellee.

An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Ayana Harris, Judge. Marlene A. Watson, P.A., and Marlene Watson (Kissimmee), for appellant. Warren Lubow, in proper person. Before EMAS, LOBREE and GOODEN, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Brownlee v. 22nd Ave. Apts., LLC, 389 So. 3d 695 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024) (reiterating that once moving party meets its burden of showing no genuine dispute as to any material fact and that the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law, “it is incumbent upon the nonmoving party to come forward with evidentiary material demonstrating that a genuine issue of fact exists . . . .”) (citation omitted); Pangilinan v. Broward Cty., 914 So. 2d 1094 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)(holding no error in entering summary judgment in favor of movant where nonmovant submitted no counterevidence until she filed her motion for rehearing) (citing Coffman Realty, Inc. v. Tosohatchee Game Preserve, Inc., 413 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1982)); see also Umana v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp., 282 So. 3d 933, 935 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (“A trial court has the discretion to refuse to consider a counter-affidavit presented for the first time on a motion for rehearing of a summary judgment as being too late.”) (quoting Knowles v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 994 So. 2d 1218, 1219-20 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)).


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