How do judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Florida District Courts of Appeal / Joined 1976 / Served to 1988

Wetherington Gerald

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Wetherington Gerald was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1976. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1976–1988 · 12 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1976	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Gerald authored 5 published opinions for the court (1958–1965). Most cited: Kay v. Amendola (26 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1961	Kay v. Amendola	129 So. 2d 170	26
1958	Memorial Hosp., South Broward Hosp. Dist. v. Doring	106 So. 2d 565	16
1965	Corporacion Peruana De Aeropuertos Y Aviacion Comercial v. Boy	180 So. 2d 503	15
1961	Purdon v. Cohen	126 So. 2d 575	13
1961	Mathis v. Butler	128 So. 2d 142	8

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Wetherington Gerald on?: Wetherington Gerald was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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12 years on the Florida District Courts of Appeal. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).