Morales v. Hialeah Hous. Auth.

Full title: Sean Alex MORALES, Appellant, v. HIALEAH HOUSING AUTHORITY etc., Appellee.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Date published: Sep 10, 2014

149 So. 3d 699 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

Opinion

No. 3D13–1786.

2014-09-10

Sean Alex MORALES, Appellant, v. HIALEAH HOUSING AUTHORITY etc., Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami–Dade County, Richard Feder, Judge. Lowy & Cook and Leah R. Shochat, for appellant. Citrin & Walker; Ogletree, Eakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart and William R. Radford, Miami, for appellee.

EMAS

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami–Dade County, Richard Feder, Judge.
Lowy & Cook and Leah R. Shochat, for appellant. Citrin & Walker; Ogletree, Eakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart and William R. Radford, Miami, for appellee.
Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and EMAS and FERNANDEZ, JJ.

EMAS, J.

Upon our de novo review of the trial court's entry of summary judgment in favor of appellee, and considering the facts and inferences in a light most favorable to the non-moving party ¹, we conclude that genuine issues of material fact remain, precluding summary judgment. Rocamonde v. Marshalls of Ma, Inc., 56 So.3d 863, 864 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011). Because we hold that summary judgment was inappropriate given the existence of genuine issues of material fact, we need not, and do not, reach the merits of the other issues raised in this appeal. See Albelo v. Southern Bell, 682 So.2d 1126 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996).

1 Markowitz v. Helen Homes of Kendall Corp., 826 So.2d 256, 259 (Fla.2002).

Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.