CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO. v. QUIGLEY

No. P-330.

264 So.2d 87 (1972)

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO., Appellant, v. Florence QUIGLEY, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas R. Quigley, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion R. Shepard, of Mathews, Osborne & Ehrlich, Jacksonville, for appellant.

David R. Lewis, of Blalock, Holbrook, Lewis, Paul & Bennett, Jacksonville, for appellee.


JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant below, Continental Casualty Company, from an order setting aside the jury verdict in favor of defendant and granting plaintiff-appellee a new trial. The sole question presented for our determination is whether the trial court abused its discretion in entering said order upon the grounds that his conscience was shocked by the verdict and that his instructions tended to mislead the jury.

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