WILLIAMS v. BRYANT

Nos. 73-1381, 73-1546.

301 So.2d 505 (1974)

Joseph R. WILLIAMS and Dairyland Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Alex BRYANT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bolles, Goodwin, Ryskamp & Welcher, Miami, for appellants.

Hawkesworth, Kay & Schmick, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and PEARSON and HENDRY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

By these two appeals, we are called upon to pass upon the propriety of the trial court's order granting a new trial in a personal injury action after a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, and also a subsequent order directing a verdict as to liability on the part of the defendant.

The trial judge grounded his order for a new trial on the basis that the verdict was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. This is a discretionary ruling...

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