SARAH SWANSON v. LOLITA BEILMAN (2017)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

SARAH L. SWANSON, Appellant, v. LOLITA M. BEILMAN, Appellee.

Case No. 5D15-2901

Decided: May 12, 2017

Charles W. Hall, DeeAnn J. McLemore and Mark D. Tinker, of Banker Lopez Gassler P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellant. Marjorie Gadarian Graham, of Marjorie Gadarian Graham, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens and Douglas R. Beam, Melbourne, for Appellee.

Sarah L. Swanson appeals the trial court's order granting a new trial on damages after she rejected an additur in a personal injury lawsuit arising from an automobile accident. We affirm. However, because the jury found the plaintiff below, Lolita M. Beilman, did not sustain a permanent injury, the new trial shall be limited to economic damages only. See § 627.737(2), Fla. Stat. (2010).

AFFIRMED.

PER CURIAM.

ORFINGER, TORPY and EVANDER, JJ., concur.

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