In a residential foreclosure case that could have larger consequences, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that a couple whose home was lost to foreclosure should have received the money left over after its sale.

In the ruling reversing Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Diane Ward, the appellate court ordered $99,500 to be returned to Miami residents Walter and Eider Pineda. The court cited the case as a “cautionary tale to bidders at foreclosure sales.”

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