St. Brendan High School, Inc. v. Neff
A private Catholic high school expelled a student after her parents sued the school for personal injuries she sustained during off-campus community service; the trial court granted a temporary injunction compelling readmission with its reasoning stated only on the record. The Third DCA reversed and vacated, holding the parents failed to present competent substantial evidence on each of the four injunction elements and the trial court failed to make the required specific findings.
Key facts
- St. Brendan High School expelled a student after her parents sued the school for personal injuries sustained during off-campus community service.
- The trial court granted a temporary injunction compelling the student's readmission, with its reasoning stated only on the record without specific written findings on each injunction element.
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Why it matters
The opinion is a reusable roadmap for attacking temporary injunctions: it reiterates that findings on all four elements must appear and be supported by competent substantial evidence, and that stating reasons 'on the… — full analysis with a trial
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