JAMES B. YONAN
v.
DOUGLAS GARDENS COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER

Fla. 3d DCA | 2025-03-12
No. 2024-1297
Harris, J., Scales, J., Lindsey, J., Bokor, J.
2025 FL 2127 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2025)

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Holding

An appellate court cannot reverse a trial court judgment without a record of the trial proceedings to evaluate whether the judgment is supported by evidence or whether the trial court misapplied the law.


Headnotes

[1] An appellate court cannot properly review a trial court judgment or determine whether it is supported by evidence without a complete record of the trial proceedings.

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“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.”

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Facts & Procedural History

James B. Yonan appealed a judgment entered by the County Court for Miami-Dade County in a case against Douglas Gardens Community Mental Health Center.…

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Opinion of the Court
Bokor

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed March 12, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-1297 Lower Tribunal No. 24-104168-CC-23 ________________

James B. Yonan, Appellant,

vs.

Douglas Gardens Community Mental Health Center, Appellee.

An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Ayana Harris, Judge.

James B. Yonan, in proper person.

Feinstein & Mendez, P.A., and Brett Feinstein and Julio Morales, for appellee.

Before SCALES, LINDSEY and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

2

Affirmed. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) (“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. Without knowing the factual context, neither can an appellate court reasonably conclude that the trial judge so misconceived the law as to require reversal.”).


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