Escambia County, Florida v. Whitesell-Green/Caddell JV, LLC, DLR Group, Inc.

Opinion

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

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No. 1D2024-1373

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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA,

Appellant,

v.

WHITESELL-GREEN/CADDELL JV, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, DLR GROUP, INC.,

Appellees.

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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. John T. Brown, Judge.

January 28, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

ROWE and NORDBY, JJ., concur; BILBREY, J., concurs with opinion.

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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

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BILBREY, J., concurring.

Because the trial court correctly concluded that the professional standard of care that applied to all of Appellant’s causes of action was that of a design criteria professional under section 287.055(2)(k), Florida Statutes (2022), and Appellant did not raise a material issue of fact to show how that standard was breached, we are correct to affirm the grant of summary final judgment for the Appellee/third-party defendant, DLR Group, Inc.

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Therese A. Savona of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Kristina L. Marsh of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, Tampa; Stacy L. Moon of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, pro hac vice, Birmingham, AL, for Appellee DLR Group, Inc.