ROBERT E. DUBOW, APPELLANT,

v.

WILLIAM L. RICHARDS, JR., ET AL., APPELLEE

Citator

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• Liggett Grp. Inc. v. Howard A. Engle, M.D., 853 So. 2d 434 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003)
  …A 1996) (reversal required by derogatory comments concerning opposing counsel; “it is never acceptable for one attorney to effectively impugn the integrity or credibility of opposing counsel before the jury”); Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Rosania, 546 So. 2d 736, 737 n. 1 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989) (new trial required because plaintiffs’ counsel made disparaging remarks about the defendant). We have also held that it is improper for counsel to express personal opinions about a case or comment on matters not in evi…
• Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Morse, 653 So. 2d 409 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995)
  …y 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 remarks about opposing counsel will not be condoned. See Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Rosania, 546 So. 2d 736 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); Borden, Inc. v. Young, 479 So. 2d 850 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985), rev. denied, 488 So. 2d 832 (Fla.1986). The remarks were of the nature and type that neither rebuke nor a retraction of the comments would “destroy their prejudicial and s…
• Kaas v. Atlas Chem. Co., 623 So. 2d 525 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993)
  …ned by this court.”); Schubert v. Allstate Ins. Co., 603 So. 2d 554 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992), review dismissed, 606 So. 2d 1164 (Fla.1992); Moore v. Taylor Concrete & Supply Co., 553 So. 2d 787 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Rosania, 546 So. 2d 736 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); Schreier v. Parker, 415 So. 2d 794 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Hillson v. Deeson, 383 So. 2d 732 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980). Instead, they claim that reversal is required because defense counsel did not object during the trial. This contention…

Authorities Cited

• Pollak v. Meyer, 263 So. 2d 237 (Fla. 3d DCA 1972)
• Dorr-Oliver, Inc. v. Linder Indus. Mach. Co., 263 So. 2d 237 (Fla. 3d DCA 1972)