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501 So. 2d 621

501 So.2d 621

11 Fla.L.Weekly 2375

Sharlow v. Freed

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 13, 1986

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1986-11-13

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently January 1997

3 state decisions

Relies on 475 So. 2d 256 - TIMMY WOODS BEVERLY HILLS v. Greenwald · 483 So. 2d 773 - Borges v. Jacobs · 453 So. 2d 495 - Gross v. Lee

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Decided 1986-11-13

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PER CURIAM.

¶1This is an appeal from a judgment in a personal injury case. Appellee concedes, and we find, that the jury verdict in this case failed to account for all of the damages suffered by Phillip Sharlow and Donna Sharlow, his wife. Therefore, we must reverse the judgment and remand this case for a new trial on damages. The question of liability was hotly contested and the inadequate verdict, coupled with the questions posed by the jurors during their deliberations, indicate that the jurors were confused about liability as well as about damages, and it is quite likely that they reached a compromise verdict on the issue of liability. Under these circumstances, justice requires a new trial on all issues. See Borges v. Jacobs, 483 So.2d 773 (Fla.3d DCA 1986); Timmy Woods Beverly Hills, Ltd. v. Greenwald, 475 So.2d 256 (Fla.3d DCA 1985); Gross v. Lee, 453 So.2d 495 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).

¶2REVERSED and REMANDED.

UPCHURCH, C.J., and DAUKSCH and ORFINGER, JJ., concur.
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