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City of Freeport v. Podraza

Florida Court of Appeals, First District
Mar 30, 2022
335 So. 3d 819 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)

Opinion

No. 1D21-2952

03-30-2022

CITY OF FREEPORT, Petitioner, v. Rebecca PODRAZA, Respondent.

William Peter Martin of Dennis, Jackson, Martin & Fontela, P.A., Tallahassee, for Petitioner. Marie A. Mattox, Ashley N. Richardson, and Adam James Ellis of Marie A. Mattox, P.A., Tallahassee, for Respondent.


William Peter Martin of Dennis, Jackson, Martin & Fontela, P.A., Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Marie A. Mattox, Ashley N. Richardson, and Adam James Ellis of Marie A. Mattox, P.A., Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Per Curiam.

The circuit court denied the City of Freeport's motion for summary judgment. The City then petitioned for a writ of certiorari from this Court to quash the order denying summary judgment.

"In order to be entitled to certiorari relief from the denial of a motion for summary judgment, the petitioner must establish three elements: (1) the ruling ‘depart[s] from the essential requirements of the law, (2) resulting in material injury for the remainder of the case (3) that cannot be corrected on postjudgment appeal.’ " Rodriguez v. Miami-Dade Cty. , 117 So. 3d 400, 404 (Fla. 2013) (quoting Williams v. Oken , 62 So. 3d 1129, 1132 (Fla. 2011) ). "The last two elements [of the three above] are jurisdictional and must be analyzed before the court may even consider the first element." Williams , 62 So. 3d at 1132. This "threshold jurisdiction question" analyzes what is "otherwise termed as irreparable harm." Rodriguez , 117 So. 3d at 404.

Because we find that the City has not demonstrated irreparable harm under this standard, we dismiss the petition.

DISMISSED .

Makar, Winokur, and Long, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

City of Freeport v. Podraza

Florida Court of Appeals, First District
Mar 30, 2022
335 So. 3d 819 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)
Case details for

City of Freeport v. Podraza

Case Details

Full title:City of Freeport, Petitioner, v. Rebecca Podraza, Respondent.

Court:Florida Court of Appeals, First District

Date published: Mar 30, 2022

Citations

335 So. 3d 819 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)