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Kaplan v. Ciavarella

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 16, 1977
349 So. 2d 700 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

Opinion

No. 76-1460.

August 16, 1977.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Palm Beach County, Culver Smith, J.

Larry Klein, West Palm Beach, and Brennan, McAliley, Albury Hayskar, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

B.F. Paty, Jr., Paty, Downey, Lewis, Eaton, Fick Martin, Palm Beach, for appellees.


Appealed is an Order for new trial after jury verdict which the court determined was not lawfully reached. The trial court held ". . . under no theory advanced either by the Plaintiffs or by the Defendant could the jury have lawfully reached its verdict of $19,075.00. This award is below the lowest amount which could possibly be reached under the evidence."

The Appellant has demonstrated and we find in the record a theory upon which the jury could have lawfully reached its verdict. Therefore the Order for new trial is reversed and the cause remanded for judgment on the verdict. Heymann v. Fusco, 132 So.2d 216 (Fla. 3d DCA 1961).

REVERSED and REMANDED.

CROSS and ALDERMAN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Kaplan v. Ciavarella

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 16, 1977
349 So. 2d 700 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)
Case details for

Kaplan v. Ciavarella

Case Details

Full title:HERBERT A. KAPLAN, APPELLANT, v. BEN CIAVARELLA AND FRANK CIAVARELLA…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Aug 16, 1977

Citations

349 So. 2d 700 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

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