District Court of Appeal of Florida

Jury verdict for plaintiffs in a case against defendant, a boat sales company, in a personal injury case involving plaintiff's fall aboard a boat is affirmed where the trial court properly allowed the use of an adverse inference instruction with respect to certain missing evidence which was last in possession of defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/15/2006
• Published 02/15/2006

Judges

• MAY, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hinda Klein of Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans & Abel, P.A., Hollywood, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Raymond M. Christian, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, and Philip M. Burlington of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees Hall., Steven P. Befera of Peterson Bernard, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees Water-Land Manufacturing Inc.