511 So. 2d 659 - Smith v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 1998
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mills v. Ball · 359 So. 2d 430 - Wackenhut Corp. v. Canty · 384 So. 2d 145 - Baptist Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Bell · 159 So. 2d 641 - Shaw v. Puleo · Perenic v. Castelli
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“WHETHER THE REASONABLE MAN STANDARD, AS SET FORTH IN BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL v. BELL, [ 384 So.2d 145 (Fla. 1980)], APPLIES TO THE TRIAL COURT'S DETERMINATION THAT THE JURY VERDICT WAS AGAINST THE MANIFEST WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE, OR RATHER TO ITS PERCEPTION OF THE EVIDENCE?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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