District Court of Appeal of Florida

In an action brought by an insured against his uninsured motorist carrier seeking damages for injuries allegedly sustained as the result of a collision with a vehicle, grant of a post-verdict motion for a mistrial is reversed where the trial court erred as a matter of law in granting the motion for mistrial on the ground that insurer's attorney had asked a question implying that the insured had settled with a subsequent tortfeasor.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/13/2006
• Published 12/14/2006

Judges

• WEBSTER, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen E. Day, and Rhonda B. Boggess of Taylor, Day, Currie, Boyd & Johnson, Jacksonville;  Dwane D. Tyson, and Laura L. Starrett of William R. Swain & Associates, Jacksonville, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric S. Block of Law Offices of Eric S. Block, P.A., Jacksonville, and Michael J. Korn of Korn & Zehmer, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellee.