GROVIN FARMS, LLC
v.
INTERCOUNTY ENGINEERING, INC., ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE GRAY INSURANCE COMPANY

Fla. 5th DCA | 2026-09-04
No. 2025-2863
Rowe, III, J., Jay, C.J., Eisnaugle, J., Soud, J.
2026 FL 11591 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2026)

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Holding

An appellant must adequately brief the important issues on appeal; failure to do so results in affirmance.


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[1] An appellant must adequately brief the important issues on appeal; if the gaps in the initial brief would require the court to rebrief the appeal, the argument is insuffi…

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“To carry its burden, an appellant must, at a minimum, adequately brief the important issues along the decisional path so the court is not left to do the lion's share of the work. . . . If the gaps left by an initial brief would require the court to rebrief the appeal, the argument is insufficient, and we will affirm on that basis.”

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Grovin Farms, LLC appealed a decision from the Circuit Court for Volusia County involving a dispute with Intercounty Engineering, Inc., Arch Insurance…

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Opinion of the Court

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 5D2025-2863 LT Case No. 2022-10384-CIDL

GROVIN FARMS, LLC, Appellant,

v.

INTERCOUNTY ENGINEERING,

INC., ARCH INSURANCE

COMPANY, and THE GRAY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellees.

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County. Randell H. Rowe, III, Judge.

Grant Van Aman, of Van Aman Law, PLLC, Tampa, for Appellant.

Mike Piscitelli, Joseph W. Lawrence, II, and Christina Strandell, of VLP Copenhaver Espino, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellees Intercounty Engineering, Inc. and Arch Insurance Company.

No Appearance for Remaining Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

September 4, 2026

AFFIRMED. See Bolick v. Sperry, 82 So. 2d 374, 376 (Fla. 1955) (“Under our system of procedure the burden is always upon the appellant to make reversible error clearly appear."); Ford Motor Co. v. Hetsler, No. 5D2024-2368, 15 Fla. L. Weekly D1582b, 2026 WL 2207050, at *8 (Fla. 5th DCA July 31, 2026) (“To carry its burden, an appellant must, at a minimum, adequately brief the important issues along the decisional path so the court is not left to do the lion's share of the work. . . . If the gaps left by an initial brief would require the court to rebrief the appeal, the argument is insufficient, and we will affirm on that basis." (citation modified)).

JAY, C.J., and EISNAUGLE and SOUD, JJ., concur.


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