IMPORT CARS, LTD., INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, PETITIONER,

v.

GARY LEE BELCHER, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• R.A. Jones & Sons, Inc. v. Holman, 470 So. 2d 60 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985)
  …inions of witnesses as to the amount of profits that would have been gained are not admissible, except where the opinion is that of an expert based upon relevant facts," Belcher v. Import Cars, Ltd., 246 So. 2d 584, 586 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 252 So. 2d 801 (Fla.1971) (quoting C. McCormick, Damages § 29, at 107 (1935)). See 25 C.J.S. Damages § 42 (1966). . The two farmers had previously purchased drip irrigation systems from Jones. They testified that they had purchased solid set sprinkler irrigation…
• Forest's Mens Shop and Ladies Den of Stuart v. Schmidt, 536 So. 2d 334 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988)
  …its actual past expenses. As such, it amounted to nothing more than sophistry, and was not competent evidence upon which to base an award of lost future profits. See generally Belcher v. Import Cars, Ltd., 246 So. 2d 584 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 252 So. 2d 801 (Fla.1971). In short, Forest’s evidence was simply too speculative a foundation upon which to base an award of lost future profits. See New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. Utility Battery Mfg. Co., 122 Fla. 718, 166 So. 856 (1935); Crain Automotive Group,…
• Crain Auto. Grp., Inc. v. J & M Graphics, Inc., 427 So. 2d 300 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983)
  …tain ascertainment. The rule is that lost profits must be shown with a reasonable degree of certainty. Beverage Canners, Inc. v. Cott Corp., 372 So. 2d 954 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979); Belcher v. Import Cars, Ltd., 246 So. 2d 584 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 252 So. 2d 801 (Fla.1971); Florida Outdoor, Inc. v. Stewart, 318 So. 2d 414 (Fla. 2d DCA 1975), cert. denied, 333 So. 2d 465 (Fla.1976). The evidence here consisted of testimony by Bottieri that he hoped for sales of one million dollars of his new product during t…

Authorities Cited

• Belcher v. Imp. Cars, Ltd., Inc., 246 So. 2d 584 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971)