ANTOINE CHERY, APPELLANT,

v.

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA, A FOREIGN CORPORATION, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Marcos A. Zequeira, M.D. v. De La Rosa, 627 So. 2d 531 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993)
  …6 The motion for new trial — upon which, with its supporting affidavits, the' plaintiff solely relied below — was therefore insufficient as a matter of law and should have been denied outright. As in the strikingly similar case of Skopit v. Neisen, 616 So. 2d 505 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993), [t]he asserted juror misconduct, if true, was not material to this case, and, thus did not warrant a new trial. See Blaylock v. State, 537 So. 2d 1103 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), review denied, 547 So. 2d 1209 (Fla.1989). Skopit, 616 S…
• Mervar v. Quick Print OF Orlando, 627 So. 2d 491 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993)
  …as 90% negligent and the trial judge thought appellant was 90% negligent. I suggest it is for juries to decide the degree of negligence, based upon the facts and it is not for the judge to sit as a seventh juror to impose his view. Skopit v. Neisen, 616 So. 2d 505 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993); McNair v. Davis, 518 So. 2d 416 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988). After all, if it was appellant who was so negligent, why give her a new trial? Just give the defen [*492] dant a judgment notwithstanding the verdict rather than require appella…
• Dismex Food, Inc. v. Harris, 194 So. 3d 497 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016)
  …iced and denied a fair trial because "a trial judge may not substitute its judgment for that of the jury on the matter of damages....” Arab Termite & Pest Control of Fla., Inc. v. Jenkins, 409 So. 2d 1039, 1041 (Fla.1982); see also Skopit v. Neisen, 616 So. 2d 505, 505 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993).…

Authorities Cited

• Sadler v. State, 509 So. 2d 1139 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987)
• ST. Paul Mercury Ins. Co. v. MacDONALD, 509 So. 2d 1139 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987)