Opinion
3D20-1350
11-30-2022
Armas Bertran Pieri, and Eduardo E. Bertran and J. Alfredo Armas, for appellant/cross-appellee. Derrevere Stevens Black & Cozad, and Jon D. Derrevere and Shirley Jean McEachern (West Palm Beach), for appellee/cross-appellant.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County Lower Tribunal No. 16-2982, Spencer Eig, Judge.
Armas Bertran Pieri, and Eduardo E. Bertran and J. Alfredo Armas, for appellant/cross-appellee.
Derrevere Stevens Black & Cozad, and Jon D. Derrevere and Shirley Jean McEachern (West Palm Beach), for appellee/cross-appellant.
Before EMAS, GORDO and BOKOR, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Univ. Cmty. Hosp., Inc. v. Wilson, 1 So.3d 206, 211 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008) (reviewing the trial court's award of damages after trial for abuse of discretion); Miami-Dade Cnty. Expressway Auth. v. Elec. Transaction Consultants Corp., 300 So.3d 291, 295 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020) ("Under Florida law, 'the plaintiff must present evidence regarding a reasonable certainty as to its amount of damages.'" (citations omitted)). See also Miami-Dade Cnty. Expressway Auth., 300 So.3d at 294 (reviewing the trial court's findings of fact for competent, substantial evidence); Lochrane Eng'g, Inc. v. Willingham Realgrowth Inv. Fund, Ltd., 552 So.2d 228, 232- 33 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989) (discussing the duty imposed on design professionals and the proper measure of damages upon a finding of professional negligence).