ORTLIEB v. BUTTS

No. 4D01-3902.

849 So.2d 1165 (2003)

Megan ORTLIEB, Mark Ortlieb and Janet Ortlieb, Appellants, v. Carmen and Tracy BUTTS, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy W. Gregoire of Bunnell, Woulfe, Kirschbaum, Keller, McIntyre & Gregoire, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Patrick Shawn Spellacy of Green, Murphy, Wilke, Murphy & Spellacy, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellants.

Russell S. Adler and Michael A. Feiner of Karmin, Adler & Padowitz, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.


WARNER, J.

Appellant Megan Ortlieb ("Ortlieb"), the defendant in a rear-end automobile accident, appeals the trial court's order granting an additur to appellee/plaintiff's damages. Appellee Carmen Butts ("Butts"), the injured party, cross-appeals the trial court's denial of a motion for directed verdict on the issue of liability. We reverse on both issues. As to the additur, because the evidence supported the jury's verdict, the trial court's additur was equivalent...

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