SIBEL EDMONDS, individually and on behalf of E. E., a minor, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of LEWIS EDMONDS v. AVOW HOSPICE, INC.

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF F LORIDA
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Case No. 6D2025-0371
Lower Tribunal No. 2023-CA-000447
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SIBEL E DMONDS, individually and on behalf of E.E., a minor, and as Personal
Representative of the E STATE OF L EWIS E DMONDS,
Appellant,
v.
A VOW H OSPICE, I NC.,
Appellee.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Collier County.
Lauren L. Brodie, Judge.
March 13, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. 	See Joiner v. State, 618 So. 2d 174, 176 (Fla. 1993) (holding
that the defendant had waived his Neil1 objection when he accepted the jury
immediately prior to it being sworn without reserving his earlier objection);
Carratelli v. State, 961 So. 2d 312, 318-19 (Fla. 2007) (“Although Joiner involved
a Neil objection, district courts have applied it to jury selection issues in general,
1 State v. Neil, 457 So. 2d 481, 486 (Fla. 1984).

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including denial of cause challenges.”); Zack v. State, 911 So. 2d 1190, 1204 (Fla.
2005) (“By not renewing the objection prior to the jury being sworn, it is presumed
that the objecting party abandoned any prior objection he or she may have had and
was satisfied with the selected jury.”); see also Disla v. Blanco, 129 So. 3d 398, 402
(Fla. 4th DCA 2013) (“The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the
challenge for cause.”).
TRAVER, C.J., and STARGEL and MIZE, JJ., concur.
Landis V. Curry, III, of Brannock Berman & Seider, Tampa, for Appellants.
Scott A. Cole and Francesca M. Stein, of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Miami, for
Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED