ELIJAH WATFORD, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• Holmes v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., 891 So. 2d 1188 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
  …new about the tread separation, but delayed warning the [*1192] public in order to protect its own financial interests. Such a finding would support punitive damages. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Ballard, 749 So. 2d 483 (Fla.1999); GMC v. McGee, 837 So. 2d 1010 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002); CSX Transp., Inc. v. Palank, 743 So. 2d 556 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). There was accordingly a reasonable showing under the statute, and the amendment should have been permitted. As to the order striking the offer of judgment, which…
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Earline Alexander, 90 So. 3d 307 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012)
  …child killed in a motor vehicle accident); Parham v. Fla. Health Scis. Ctr., 35 So. 3d 920 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010) ($12 million award, reduced by statute to $700,000, for parents of infant who died due to medical malpractice); Gen. Motors Corp. v. McGee, 837 So. 2d 1010 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002) ($60 million award for family that was severely injured in a motor vehicle accident, with $15 million attributable to the emotional loss suffered by parents of 13-year-old child who died from serious burns he received in the acci…
• Special v. Ivo Baux, M.D., 79 So. 3d 755 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011)
  …a result more favorable to the appealing party would have been reached in the absence of the error.” (citation omitted)). . We also looked at the effect of the error on the trier of fact in another recent civil case. See Gen. Motors Corp. v. McGee, 837 So. 2d 1010, 1036 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002) (“We agree with GM that two errors occurred during the trial, but we find those errors to be harmless in the context of this case ... The jury was not swept away by the emotions of the attorneys. The jury’s verdict separate…

Authorities Cited

• Bates v. State, 818 So. 2d 626 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002)