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Allstate Insurance Co. v. Inman

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Nov 12, 1999
753 So. 2d 117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

Nos. 99-170 99-584.

Opinion filed November 12, 1999.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, John Dean Moxley, Jr., Judge.

Richard A. Sherman and Rosemary B. Wilder of Richard A. Sherman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and N. John Hedrick, Jr. of Jack, Wyatt, Tolbert Thompson, P.A., Melbourne, for Appellant.

Frank Henry Molica, P.A., Merritt Island, for Appellee.


This is an appeal from a judgment in a personal injury case wherein appellant seeks a new trial because of the misbehavior of plaintiff's counsel during the trial.

Although we condemn in the strongest terms the objected-to comments of plaintiff's counsel in his closing arguments, we are of the opinion that it is not demonstrated that those comments affected the verdict of the jury. Because there were unobjected-to improper comments and we cannot say those comments in their combination and in combination with the objected-to comments did not affect the verdict, we inform counsel that we rely on Fravel v. Haughey , 727 So.2d 1033 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999) in making our decision.

The judgment is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.

HARRIS J., concurs.

GRIFFIN, J., concurs specially in result only.


Summaries of

Allstate Insurance Co. v. Inman

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Nov 12, 1999
753 So. 2d 117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)
Case details for

Allstate Insurance Co. v. Inman

Case Details

Full title:ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, etc., Appellant, v. DENNIS INMAN and LINDA…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Nov 12, 1999

Citations

753 So. 2d 117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)