Escambia County, Florida v. Whitesell-Green/Caddell JV, LLC, DLR Group, Inc.

FIRST D ISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2024-1373
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E SCAMBIA C OUNTY , FLORIDA ,
Appellant,
v.
WHITESELL -G REEN /C ADDELL JV,
LLC, a Florida Limited Liability
Company, DLR GROUP , I NC .,
Appellees.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County.
John T. Brown, Judge.
January 28, 2026
P ER C URIAM.
A FFIRMED.
R OWE and NORDBY, JJ., concur; B ILBREY , J., concurs with opinion.
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Not 	final 	until 	disposition 	of 	any 	timely 	and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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B ILBREY , J., concurring.
Because 	the 	trial 	court 	correctly 	concluded 	that 	the
professional standard of care that applied to all of Appellant’s
causes of action was that of a design criteria professional under
section 287.055(2)(k), Florida Statutes (2022), and Appellant did
not raise a material issue of fact to show how that standard was
breached, we are correct to affirm the grant of summary final
judgment for the Appellee/third-party defendant, DLR Group, Inc.
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Therese A. Savona of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Orlando, for
Appellant.
Kristina L. Marsh of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, Tampa;
Stacy L. Moon of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, pro hac vice,
Birmingham, AL, for Appellee DLR Group, Inc.