Olen Props. Corp. v. Cancel

Full title: OLEN PROPERTIES CORP., Appellant, v. REBECCA CANCEL, Appellee.

Court: DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT

Date published: Oct 7, 2015

178 So. 3d 437 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

Opinion

No. 4D14–1180.

10-07-2015

OLEN PROPERTIES CORP., Appellant, v. Rebecca CANCEL, Appellee.

Robert Rivas of Sachs Sax Caplan, P.L., Tallahassee, for appellant. Julie H. Littky–Rubin of Clark, Fountain, La Vista, Prather, Keen & Littky–Rubin, LLP, West Palm Beach, and Marlowe J. Blake of Marlowe J. Blake, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellee.

GROSS and TAYLOR, JJ, and SHEPHERD, CAROLINE, Associate Judge, concur.

Robert Rivas of Sachs Sax Caplan, P.L., Tallahassee, for appellant.

Julie H. Littky–Rubin of Clark, Fountain, La Vista, Prather, Keen & Littky–Rubin, LLP, West Palm Beach, and Marlowe J. Blake of Marlowe J. Blake, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellee.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

In this sex discrimination and retaliation case, we reverse the $700,000 award of non-economic damages as excessive. See City of Hollywood v. Hogan, 986 So.2d 634 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008); see also § 768.74(5), Fla. Stat. (2013). We remand for the trial court to determine a remittitur amount, or to order a new trial on non-economic damages if the party adversely affected by the remittitur does not agree to the remitted amount. See § 768.74(4), Fla. Stat. (2013).

We affirm on all other issues raised in this appeal.

Affirmed in part, Reversed in part, and Remanded for further proceedings.

GROSS and TAYLOR, JJ, and SHEPHERD, CAROLINE, Associate Judge, concur.