District Court of Appeal of Florida

An order granting a motion for new trial, or, in the alternative, remittitur in a case arising from the death of a former inmate is reversed where the trial court erred in ordering a new trial on both liability and damages after the remittitur was rejected.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/11/2006
• Published 04/11/2006

Judges

• LEWIS, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles Barfield, Esq. of the Law Offices of Charles A. Barfield, Orlando;  J. Scott Murphy, Esq., Allen & Murphy, P.A., Maitland, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John D. Buchanan, Jr., Esq. and Laura Beth Faragasso, Esq., Henry, Buchanan, Hudson, Suber & Carter, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellees.