ARNOLD GALMAN
v.
SIGNATURE HOME THEATERS

Fla. 4th DCA | 2021-05-19
No. 21-0371
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2021)

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Holding

An appellant cannot obtain reversal on appeal without providing a complete record of the trial proceedings that allows the appellate court to review factual findings and legal conclusions.


Headnotes

[1] An appellant's failure to provide an adequate record of trial proceedings on appeal precludes appellate review of factual findings and legal conclusions, warranting affir…

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Key Quotes

“Without a record of the trial proceedings, the appellate court can not properly resolve the underlying factual issues so as to conclude that the trial court's judgment is not supported by the evidence or by an alternative theory.”

The court cited Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee to explain why the judgment must be affirmed.

Facts & Procedural History

Galman appealed a judgment entered by the County Court for Palm Beach County in a dispute with Signature Home Theaters. The appeal involved two case n…

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Opinion of the Court

Appeal from the County Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Marni A. Bryson, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 502019AP000193CAXXMB and 502019SC007589XXXXSB.

Joshua R. Levin of Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg Gilbert, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

No appearance required for appellee. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) (holding that “[w]ithout a record of the trial proceedings, the appellate court can not properly resolve the underlying factual issues so as to conclude that the trial court’s judgment is not supported by the evidence or by an alternative theory,” and “[w]ithout knowing the factual context, neither can an appellate court reasonably conclude that the trial judge so misconceived the law as to require reversal”). WARNER, DAMOORGIAN and FORST, JJ., concur.

* * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.


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