District Court of Appeal of Florida

Judgment for plaintiff and award of attorney's fees are reversed and the matter remanded for a new trial where: 1) the plaintiff's cross-examination of defendants' expert witness went beyond permissible grounds on the issue of bias and amounted to a prohibited attack on the expert-s character; 2) remarks made by plaintiff's counsel made improper, inflammatory remarks and personal attacks upon defense counsel during closing arguments; and 3) since the matter is remanded for new trial, plaintiff is not entitled to attorney's fees based on success in the underlying judgment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2007
• Published 02/14/2007

Judges

• ROTHENBERG, Judge., Before FLETCHER, SHEPHERD, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kubicki Draper and Angela C. Flowers, Ocala, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark J. Feldman, Miami, for appellee.