Urling v. Helms Exterminators, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that FDUTPA allows a consumer to recover damages for the diminished value of goods or services received but not consequential damages for property related to the 19 consumer’s use of such goods or services
• finding that the plaintiffs’ claim for costs of repairing termite damage was impermissible under FDUTPA because such costs constituted “special or consequential damages”
• holding that [FJDUTPA embraces a claim for legal malpractice
• determining that the FDUTPA \is intended to protect a consumer from unfair or deceptive acts or practices which diminish the value or worth of the goods or services purchased by the consumer\
• reversing a directed verdict on a FDUTPA claim based on a single transaction in which a termite inspector allegedly phoned in a single false inspection report
• denying, as special or consequential damages, repair costs for termite damage to house purchased in reliance on false termite inspection certificate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

55 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rollins, Inc. v. Butland
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-12-15· cited 284×
• PNR, Inc. v. Beacon Property Management, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-03-13· cited 150×
• Davis v. Powertel, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-12-29· cited 105×
• Samuels v. King Motor Co. of Fort Lauderdale
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-03-28· cited 91×
• In re Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 2012-07-19· cited 85×
• Coghlan v. Wellcraft Marine Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-02-16· cited 83×
• In re Sony Gaming Networks & Customer Data Security Breach Litigation
  S.D. California· 2014-01-21· cited 82×
• Millennium Communications & Fulfillment, Inc. v. Office of Atty. Gen.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-07-19· cited 81×
• Eclipse Medical, Inc. v. American Hydro-Surgical Instruments, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 1999-01-20· cited 59×
• Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc. v. Petsch
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-02-06· cited 54×
• Shibata v. Lim
  M.D. Florida· 2000-12-11· cited 50×
• Delgado v. JW COURTESY PONT. GMC-TRUCK
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-03-21· cited 48×
• Wright v. American States Insurance Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-04-02· cited 36×
• Unnamed case
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-03-31· cited 29×
• Himes v. Brown & Co. Securities Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-12-29· cited 29×
• FORT LAUDERDALE LINCOLN v. Corgnati
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-07-22· cited 27×
• MacIas v. HBC of Florida, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-04-23· cited 27×
• WS Badcock Corp. v. Myers
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-12-17· cited 24×
• Porsche Cars North America, Inc. v. Diamond
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-06-11· cited 24×
• Schauer v. Morse Operations, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-01-05· cited 21×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wackenhut Corp. v. Canty
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1978-04-04· cited 234×
• Carraway v. Revell
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1959-11-25· cited 171×
• Mercury Motors Exp., Inc. v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-01-22· cited 150×
• White Const. Co., Inc. v. Dupont
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-07-26· cited 115×
• Rollins, Inc. v. Heller
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-06-26· cited 110×
• Spiegel, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
  Seventh Circuit· 1976-08-09· cited 108×
• DDD CORPORATION v. Federal Trade Commission
  Seventh Circuit· 1942-02-12· cited 35×
• Doral Country Club, Inc. v. Lindgren Plumbing Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1965-05-25· cited 35×
• Raye v. Fred Oakley Motors, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1983-01-18· cited 29×
• Life Ins. Co. of North America v. Del Aguila
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-07-15· cited 18×
• Walsh v. Alfidi
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-03-27· cited 14×
• Townsend v. Ward
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-03-29· cited 13×
• Deltona Corp. v. Jannotti
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-01-14· cited 10×
• Bert Smith Oldsmobile, Inc. v. Franklin
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-05-27· cited 9×
• Schief v. Live Supply, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-01-05· cited 8×