ASKAR v. VENETIS LLC (2024)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Sixth District.

Casey ASKAR, Appellant, v. Susan Abo, Joanne VENETIS, William Figlesthaler, Victory Insights, LLC, Benjamin Galbraith, Rachael Hurley, Matthew Hurley, Andres Duskin, and Stanley Carter, Appellees.

Case No. 6D23-1084

Decided: May 31, 2024

Donald G. Peterson and Yasser Lakhlifi, of Yarnell & Peterson, P.A., Naples, and Nicholas A Shannin, of Shannin Law Firm, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant. Matthew M. Jackson and Matthew S. Toll, of Toll Law, Fort Myers, for Appellee, Joanne Venetis. Damian C. Taylor, of Coleman, Taylor, Klaus, Doupé, Diaz & Torrez, P.A., Naples, for Appellee, William Figlesthaler. David P. Fraser, of Holmes Fraser, P.A., Naples, and Jeff Kottkamp, of Jeff Kottkamp, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellees, Benjamin Galbraith, Victory Insights, LLC, Rachel Hurley, Matthew Hurley, and Andrew Duskin. No Appearance for Appellees, Susan Abo and Stanley Carter.

AFFIRMED. See Truehill v. State, 358 So. 3d 1167, 1186 n.12 (Fla. 2022) (finding appellant waived arguments that were raised for the first time in his reply brief but not raised in his initial brief (citing State v. Dougan, 202 So. 3d 363, 378 (Fla. 2016))), reh'g denied, No. SC20-1589, 2022 WL 18956655 (Fla. Nov. 17, 2022); see also Hoskins v. State, 75 So. 3d 250, 257 (Fla. 2011) (finding argument not raised in the initial brief was barred).¹

FOOTNOTES

1. This case was transferred from the Second District Court of Appeal to this Court on January 1, 2023.

Per Curiam.

TRAVER, C.J., and SMITH and BROWNLEE, JJ., concur.

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