MANUEL FIGUEROA and NOEMI FIGUEROA VS UNIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

S IXTH D ISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF F LORIDA
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Case No. 6D2024-0734
Lower Tribunal No. 2020-CA-001232-CI
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M ANUEL FIGUEROA and N OEMI FIGUEROA,
Appellants,
v.
U NIVERSAL PROPERTY & C ASUALTY INSURANCE C OMPANY,
Appellee.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Osceola County.
Christine E. Arendas, Judge.
December 12, 2025
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Rodriguez v. State, 609 So. 2d 493, 499 (Fla. 1992) (“It is
well settled that the specific legal ground upon which a claim is based must be raised
at trial and a claim different than that raised below will not be heard on appeal.”);
Melrose Ventures, LLC v. Uptempo Marketing Corp., 418 So. 3d 217, 220 (Fla. 6th
DCA 2025) (“[N]ew and different arguments untimely raised for the first time in
motions for rehearing which were denied are unpreserved.”).
NARDELLA, WOZNIAK and WHITE, JJ., concur.

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Melissa A. Giasi, of Giasi Law, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants.
David A. Noel and Kara Rockenbach Link, of Link & Rockenbach, PA, West Palm
Beach, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED