Jorge Luis Cruz v. Maria Gonzalez

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: October 1, 2025
• Docket: 3D2024-0920
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed October 1, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-0920 Lower Tribunal No. 23-16304-CA-01 ________________

Jorge Luis Cruz, Appellant,

vs.

Maria Gonzalez, et al., Appellees.

An Appeal from a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Mavel Ruiz, Judge.

Jorge Luis Cruz, in proper person.

The Mills Firm, P.A., and John S. Mills and Kyle W. Mason (Jacksonville), for appellees.

Before EMAS, LOGUE and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See D.H. v. Adept Cmty. Servs., Inc., 271 So. 3d 870, 880

(Fla. 2018) (“A trial court's ruling is treated as correct except insofar as an

appellant raises claims of error. . . . Claims of error not raised by an appellant

in its initial brief are deemed abandoned.” (internal citations omitted)); City of

Miami v. Steckloff, 111 So. 2d 446, 447 (Fla. 1959) (“[P]oints covered by a

decree of the trial court will not be considered by an appellate court unless

they are properly raised and discussed in the briefs.”); Tercier v. Univ. of

Miami, Inc., 383 So. 3d 847, 851 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023) (“If an appellant fails to

raise an argument in its initial brief, that argument is deemed abandoned.”

(citation omitted)).