Eric Green v. Calvin Cottrell

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC15-1805 ____________ ERIC GREEN, Petitioner, vs. CALVIN COTTRELL, et al., Respondents. [November 10, 2016] LABARGA, C.J. Petitioner Eric Green seeks review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Green v. Cottrell,

172 So. 3d 1009

(Fla. 1st DCA 2015), on the basis that it expressly and directly conflicts with Calhoun v. Nienhuis,

110 So. 3d 24

(Fla. 5th DCA 2013), on a question of law. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. For the reasons discussed below, we quash the decision in Green and approve the holding in…