DONNA K. THOMPSON, APPELLANT,

v.

WILBUR R. THOMPSON, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Murphy v. Int'l Robotics Sys., Inc., 710 So. 2d 587 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
  …t district cases include Pippin v. Latosynski, 622 So. 2d 566 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993)(plaintiff's counsel expressed personal outrage about defendant's "damage control,” and appealed for sympathy because his client was a priest); Baptist Hosp. v. Rawson, 674 So. 2d 777 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996) (personal opinions of counsel and reference to matters outside evidence); Muhammad v. Toys R. Us, Inc., 668 So. 2d 254 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996) (personal opinions of counsel and suggestion that plaintiff's claim was fraudulent); Sacre…
• Thomas v. State, 752 So. 2d 679 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000)
  …Fla. 1st DCA 1996); Bontrager v. Sessions, 582 So. 2d 766 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991); Tarrant v. State, supra. Improper closing arguments have been a matter of great concern in Florida courts for some time. See, for example, Baptist Hosp., Inc. v. Rawson, 674 So. 2d 777 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996); Sacred Heart Hosp. v. Stone, 650 So. 2d 676 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995); Silva v. Nightingale, 619 So. 2d 4 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993); Bloch v. Addis, 493 So. 2d 539 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986); see generally, Gary D. Fox, Objectionable Closing Argume…
• Simmons v. Swinton, 715 So. 2d 370 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998)
  …depths of impropriety. Borden, Inc. v. Young, 479 So. 2d 850 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). We also note with displeasure the growing use as a trial tactic the failure to object to improper or inappropriate closing arguments. See e.g. Baptist Hosp. v. Rawson, 674 So. 2d 777 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). Hete, the Swin-tons’ lawyer admitted that he did not object to the closing in order to preserve the error for appellate review. Akin v. State, 86 Fla. 564, 98 So. 609 (Fla.1923). Yet on appeal, the Swintons’ attorney argues that…