KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. SOSA

No. 80-1987.

407 So.2d 916 (1981)

KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS, INC., a Florida Corporation, D/B/a the Miami Herald Publishing Company and the Miami News, Appellants, v. Blanca Nieve SOSA, As Personal Representative for the Estate of Jose Lanza, Deceased, for the Benefit of Blanca Nieve Sosa, Santos Lanza and the Estate of Jose Lanza, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

On Rehearing January 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams & Ward and Robert C. Ward, Miami, for appellants.

Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Mallory H. Horton, Miami, Rosen & Rosen, Miramar, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, SCHWARTZ and BASKIN, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

We affirm the trial court order granting plaintiff Blanca Nieve Sosa a new trial on the ground that during defense counsel's argument to the jury he commented that plaintiff Sosa had received workers' compensation payments. The record contains no evidence to support his comments.

Jose Lanza was a news carrier for The Miami News. As participants in a newspaper subscription contest, he and several other...

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