HORACIO SEQUEIRA v. GATE SAFE INC.

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: July 21, 2021
• Docket: 21-0487
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed July 21, 2021. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D21-0487 Lower Tribunal Nos. 19-0148AP, 16-18839SP ________________

Horacio Sequeira, Appellant,

vs.

Gate Safe, Inc., Appellee.

An appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Christina Marie DiRaimondo, Judge.

Horacio Sequeira, in proper person.

Littler Mendelson, P.C., Ryan P. Forrest, and Courtney B. Wilson, for appellee.

Before SCALES, LINDSEY, and MILLER, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Ultra Aviation Servs., Inc. v. Clemente, 272 So. 3d

426, 428 n.4 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (“Section 218.077(2) of the Florida

Statutes is a preemption statute that expressly prohibits political

subdivisions of the state from establishing a minimum wage contrary to

state or federal wage requirements.”); see also Valderrama v. Portfolio

Recovery Assocs., LLC, 972 So. 2d 239, 239 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (“A

movant for summary judgment has the initial burden of demonstrating the

nonexistence of any genuine issue of material fact.”) (emphasis added)

(quoting Landers v. Milton, 370 So. 2d 368, 370 (Fla. 1979)).