Case Name: JOHN MORIARTY & ASSOCIATES OF FLORIDA, INC., Appellant, v. THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORATION, Appellee.
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2019-03-27
Citations: 272 So. 3d 464
Docket Number: No. 3D18-1238
Parties: JOHN MORIARTY & ASSOCIATES OF FLORIDA, INC., Appellant,
v.
THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORATION, Appellee.
Judges: Before FERNANDEZ, LOGUE, and MILLER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 272
Pages: 464–465

Head Matter:
JOHN MORIARTY & ASSOCIATES OF FLORIDA, INC., Appellant,
v.
THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORATION, Appellee.
No. 3D18-1238
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Opinion filed March 27, 2019.
Agnant & Lambdin LLC, and Linda Dickhaus Agnant and Keith J. Lambdin (Plantation), for appellant.
Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman, & Hermann, P.A., and Richard P. Hermann, II, and Robin I. Frank, and Jennifer Shafer (Boca Raton), for appellee.
Before FERNANDEZ, LOGUE, and MILLER, JJ.

Opinion:
MILLER, J.
In the absence of a transcript of the lower court proceedings, and finding no legal error apparent on the face of the order enforcing the settlement agreement, we cannot conclude the trial court erred in rendering the order under review and therefore affirm. 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."); see also Hamilton v. Florida Power & Light Co., 48 So.3d 170, 172 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010) ("When there is a nonjury finding on disputed evidence [in an order enforcing settlement], it is reviewed on appeal for competent, substantial evidence because the lower court 'is in the best position to evaluate and weigh the testimony and evidence.' ") (quoting Acoustic Innovations, Inc. v. Schafer, 976 So.2d 1139, 1143 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008) ).
Affirmed.