DANNY LEE POTTER, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Indus. Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Wilson, 537 So. 2d 1100 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)
  …ilson in the amount of $200,000.00. Skislak and Industrial Fire appealed, with the appeal resulting in a reversal and the case being remanded for a new trial due to inappropriate remarks made by Wilson’s attorney during the trial. Skislak v. Wilson, 472 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). Accordingly, the case was retried, resulting in a verdict in favor of Wilson in the amount of $500,000.00. Skislak and Industrial Fire each moved for a Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict or, in the alternative, New Trial or Re…
• SUN Supermarkets, Inc. v. Fields, 568 So. 2d 480 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
  …nts were highly prejudicial and improper. “It is well-established that where remarks of a highly prejudicial and inflammatory nature are made by counsel during the course of a jury trial, reversal for a new trial must be ordered.” Skislak v. Wilson, 472 So. 2d 776, 778 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). The conduct of the plaintiff’s counsel in this case devastated any chance the defendant might have had to secure a fair trial in front of a jury who had been told not to trust the defendant’s counsel. These derogatory remar…
• Goodman v. Roma Constr. Co., Inc., 537 So. 2d 597 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)
  …ry against the plaintiff. Cook v. Eney, 277 So. 2d 848 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 285 So. 2d 414 (Fla.1973); accord Winston Towers 100 Ass’n v. De Carlo, 481 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 3d DCA), cause dismissed, 488 So. 2d 832 (Fla.1986); Skislak v. Wilson, 472 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985); Grossman v. Beard, 410 So. 2d 175 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982); Williams v. Pincombe, 309 So. 2d 10 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975); Paradis v. Thomas, 150 So. 2d 457 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963). As requested by Goodman during trial, collateral source referenc…

Authorities Cited

• Paulk v. State, 376 So. 2d 1213 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979)