Appellate Practice

Highly experienced with pre- and post-judgment appeals

Buell & Elligett, P.A. includes two Board Certified appellate lawyers who have represented clients in appeals in all of Florida's appellate courts (five district courts of appeal and the Florida Supreme Court), and in federal appellate courts including the Eleventh Circuit, which hears most federal appeals from Florida. Buell & Elligett, P.A. includes two Board Certified appellate lawyers, Tom Elligett and Amy Farrior, who are frequently retained to assist in pre- and post-trial matters as co-counsel, providing trial support in cases involving novel or complex issues. As with various other matters, the firm accepts appropriate appellate cases on a contingent fee basis. Our attorneys' 500-plus appeals include the following published opinions:

• Allstate Ins. Co., Inc. v. Campbell, 842 So. 2d 1031 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003)
• America II Electronics Inc. v. Smith, 830 So. 2d 906 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002)
• American Integrity Ins. Co. v. Torres, 2016 WL 8609396 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016)
• Aminoff & Co. v. Storrington Corp., 503 So. 2d 1290 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987)
• Anderson v. Anderson, 845 So. 2d 870 (Fla. Sup. Ct. 2003)
• Bay III, Inc. v. Department of Transp., 873 So. 2d 625 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004)
• Beverly v. State Farm Florida Ins. Co., 50 So. 3d 628 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010)
• Blanton v. City of Pinellas Park, 887 So. 2d 1224 (Fla. Sup. Ct. 2004)
• Blanton v. City of Pinellas Park, 854 So. 2d 729 (Fla. 2d. DCA 2003)
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. Ryder Truck, 498 So. 2d 423 (Fla. 1986)
• Burns v. Med. Center Hosp., 544 So. 2d 1059 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989)
• Byrd v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp., 598 So. 2d 212 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992)
• Camper Corral, Inc. v. Perantoni, 801 So. 2d 990 (2nd DCA 2001)
• Capozzi v. Acton CATV, Inc., 535 So. 2d 306 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988)
• Carman v. Parsons, 789 F. 2d 1532 (11th Cir. 1986)
• Cenatus v. Naples Community Hosp., Inc., 689 So. 2d 302 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997)
• Chase Manhattan Bank v. Rood, 698 F. 2d 435 (11th Cir. 1983)
• Chiles v. Beaudoin, 384 So. 2d 175 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1980)
• Citizens Pro. Ins. Co. v. Munoz, 158 So. 3d 671 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014)
• Cleeveley v. Florida City Magazines, Inc., 486 So. 2d 81 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986)
• Clifton v. United Cas. Ins. Co. of America, 31 So. 3d 826 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010)
• Coleman v. Florida Ins. Guar. Ass'n, Inc., 517 So. 2d 686 (Fla. 1988)
• Colding v. The Moorings, Incorporated, 461 So. 2d 968 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984)
• Copeland v. Buswell, 20 So. 3d 867 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009)
• Craft v. Florida Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 786 F. 2d 1546 (11th Cir. 1986)
• Curtis v. Tower Hill Ins. Co., 154 So. 3d 1193 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015)
• Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. v. Cozart, 561 So. 2d 368 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990)
• Danner Const. Company, Inc. v. Reynolds Metals Co., 760 So. 2d 199 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000)
• Dahl-Eimers v. Mutual of Omaha Life Ins. Co., 986 F. 2d 1379 (11th Cir. 1993)
• D'Amico v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 527 So. 2d 855 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988)
• Dealer Tag Agency, Inc. v. First Hillsborough County Auto Tag Agency, Inc., 14 So. 3d 1238 (Fla. 2d DA 2009)
• Department of Transp. v. Neilson, 419 So. 2d 1071 (Fla. 982)
• Diamond "S" Development Corporation v. Mercantile Bank, 989 So. 2d 696 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008)
• Diperna v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co., 653 Fed Appx 902 (11th Cir. 2015)
• Dornbach v. Holley, 854 So. 2d 211 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002)
• Elder v. Farulla, 768 So. 2d 1152 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000)
• Elder v. Norton, 711 So. 2d 586 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998)
• Finn v. Lee County, 479 So. 2d 246 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985)
• Fisher v. Certain Interested Underwriters, 930 So. 2d 756 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)
• Florida Department of Transportation v. Causeway Vista, Inc., 959 So. 2d 1169 (Fla. 2006)
• Gira v. Wolfe, 115 So. 3d 414 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013)
• Goff v. State Farm Florida Ins. Co., 999 So. 2d 684 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)
• Gorman v. Largo Hospital Owners, Ltd., 435 So. 2d 872 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983)
• Gutierrez v. Yochim, 23 So. 3d 1221 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009)
• Hamilton v. State Farm Prop. Ins. Co., 151 So. 3d 1 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014), rev. denied, 160 So. 3d 898 (Fla. 2014)
• Hamm v. Ambassador Insurance Company, 456 So. 2d 966 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984
• Hammer v. Rosenthal Jewelers Sup. Corp., 558 So. 2d 460 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990)
• Hercules Carriers, Inc. v. Claimant State of Fla., 768 F. 2d 1558 (11th Cir. 1985)
• Hill v. State Farm Florida Ins. Co., 35 So. 3d 956 (Fla. 2d DCA. 2010)
• Holloway v. Armstrong World Indus., Inc., 557 So. 2d 611 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990)
• Hough v. Hough, 793 So. 2d 57 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001)
• Imery v. Imery, 439 So. 2d 341 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983)
• In re Estate of Cordiner, 497 So. 2d 920 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986)
• JCJ v. Heart of Adoptions, Inc., 989 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)
• Joyce v. Federated Natl. Ins. Co., 228 So. 3d 1122 (Fla. 2017)
• Kelly v. RWB Medical Properties, 731 So. 2d 822 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999)
• Landrum v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., 535 So. 2d 656 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)
• Largo Hospital Owners, Ltd. v. International Glass & Mfg. Co. Inc., 410 So. 2d 518 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981)
• Largo Hospital Owners, Ltd. v. Gorman, 408 So. 2d 597 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981)
• Leinberger v. Leinberger, 455 So. 2d 1140 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984)
• Lemen v. Thunderbay Management, Inc., 761 So. 2d 1220 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000)
• Mason v. Porsche Cars North America,, 689 So. 2d 349 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997)
• Mejia v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Co., 161 So. 3d 576 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Westwind Transp., Inc., 442 So. 2d 414 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983)
• Metromedia Steakhouses Co., LP, Ltd. V. USAA Income Properties, Inc., 714 So. 2d 1158 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998)
• Miller v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., 457 F. 3d 1172 (11th Cir. 2006)
• Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Chillura, 952 So. 2d 547 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007)
• Panjikaran v. State Farm Fla. Ins. Co., 77 So. 3d 1278 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012)
• Payne v. Poynter, 707 So. 2d 768 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998)
• Pasco County v. Franzel, 569 So. 2d 877 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990)
• Perkins v. Scott, 554 So. 2d 1220 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990)
• Phoenix Ins. Co. v. McCormick, 542 So. 2d 1030 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989)
• Radiation Technology, Inc. v. Ware Const. Co., 445 So. 2d 329 (Fla. 1983)
• Sasnett v. Tampa Elec. Co., 513 So. 2d 157 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987)
• Scherer v. Villas Del Verde Homeowners Association, Inc., 55 So.3d 602 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011)
• Schwartz v. DeLoach, 453 So. 2d 454 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984)
• Scott v. Gunter, 447 So. 2d 272 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983)
• Seminole County v. Radosevich, 820 So. 2d 1037 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002)
• Shaw v. Tampa Elec. Co., 949 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007)
• Silva v. Southwest Florida Blood Bank, Inc., 601 So. 2d 1184 (Fla. 1992)
• Specialty Linings, Inc. v. BF Goodrich Co., 532 So. 2d 1121 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988)
• Stetson Management v. Fiddler's Elbow, Inc., 18 So. 3d 717 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009)
• State Dept. of Transp. v. Kucik, 686 So. 2d 11 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996)
• Steil v. Fla. Physicians' Ins. Reciprocal, 448 So. 2d 589 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984)
• Stoeffler v. Castagliola, 629 So. 2d 196 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993)
• Tampa-Hillsborough v. Casiano-Torres, 659 So. 2d 1125 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995)
• Tarkow v. Tarkow, 805 So. 2d 854 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001)
• Triangle Iron Works, Inc. v. Franchise Realty Interstate Corp., 524 So. 2d 1145 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988)
• Trinidad v. Fla. Peninsula Ins. Co., 121 So. 3d 433 (Fla. 2013)
• Turner v. Florida State Fair Authority, 974 So. 2d 470 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)
• Washex Machinery Corp. v. Bay Harbor Inn of Tampa, Inc., 436 So. 2d 173 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983)
• White v. Watts, 716 So. 2d 293 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998)
• Williams v. Henderson, 687 So. 2d 838 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996)
• Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. v. Department of Transp., 839 So. 2d 727 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003)
• Wood v. Virgo, 3 So. 3d 430 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009)
• Woodward v. Olson, 107 So. 3d 540 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013)