UNIGARD MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, AS PERSONAL INJURY PROTECTION CARRIER, APPELLANT,

v.

ALAN H. SUGARMAN, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Gonzalez v. State, 449 So. 2d 882 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984)
  …Coles, 91 So. 2d 200 (Fla.1956) (where there is substantial evidence which supports the jury verdict a new trial should not be granted even though evidence is conflicting); Urga v. State, 160 Fla. 740, 36 So. 2d 421 (1948) (same); State v. Riggins, 314 So. 2d 238 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975), cert. denied, 333 So. 2d 464 (Fla.1976) (same). On review of the record it is not clearly shown that the trial court abused its discretion. We affirm the conviction and sentence for trafficking in marijuana and remand to the tr…
• State v. Hart, 632 So. 2d 134 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994)
  …ust be a clear showing that the trial court abused the broad discretion accorded it in ruling on a motion for a new trial. Cloud v. Fallis, 110 So. 2d 669, 672 (Fla.1959); State v. Haliburton, 385 So. 2d 11, 12 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980); State v. Riggins, 314 So. 2d 238, 240 [*135] (Fla. 4th DCA 1975), cert. denied, 333 So. 2d 464 (Fla.1976). In addition, a stronger showing is required to overturn an order granting a new trial than to overturn an order denying a new trial. State v. Delafuente, 487 So. 2d 1083, 1083…
• State v. Prieto, 439 So. 2d 288 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983)
  …g a new trial. Castlewood International Corp. v. LaFleur, 322 So. 2d 520 (Fla.1975). This court’s standard of review is to determine whether the lower court abused its discretion. State v. Bowie, 318 So. 2d 407 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975); State v. Riggins, 314 So. 2d 238 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975), cert. denied, 333 So. 2d 464 (Fla. 1976). Finding that it did, we reverse. The first basis upon which the judge granted a new trial was that he had erroneously denied the defendant’s motion for a continuance. Three days prior t…

Authorities Cited

• Florentine Reyes v. Leonard L. Banks, 292 So. 2d 39 (Fla. 4th DCA 1974)