FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2023-2767 _____________________________ GEORGE R. COTTON, Appellant, v. FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES and FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, Appellees. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.

J. Lee Marsh, Judge.

June 18, 2025

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Kozel v. Ostendorf, 629 So. 2d 817, 818 (Fla. 1993).

KELSEY, NORDBY, and LONG, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Jack L. McLean, Jr. of Jack L. McLean, Jr. & Co., LLC, Tallahassee, and Larry K. White of Larry K. White, LLC, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert E. Larkin and Benjamin M. Lagos of Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellees.