MOBIL CHEMICAL CO., A DIV. OF MOBIL CORP. v. HAWKINS

No. AQ-165.

440 So.2d 378 (1983)

MOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY, A DIVISION OF MOBIL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Carl R. HAWKINS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian Clarkson of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, Charles H. Kirbo and Michael C. Russ of King & Spalding, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Alan C. Sundberg, George N. Meros, Jr., and J. Robert McClure, Jr. of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tallahassee, and Edwin B. Browning, Jr. of Davis, Browning & Hardee, Madison, for appellee.

David G. Owen, Columbia, S.C., for amicus curiae FMC Corp.

Stephen F. Baker, Winter Haven, for amicus curiae Florida Agr. Research Institute, Inc.

John D. Conner, Jr. and Raymond B. Biagini of McKenna, Conner & Cuneo, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Nat. Agr. Chemicals Ass'n.

Mygnon C. Evans, Lakeland, for amicus curiae Florida Citrus Mutual.


THOMPSON, Judge.

Mobil Chemical Company (Mobil) appeals a judgment awarding appellee compensatory and punitive damages pursuant to the jury's verdict finding that Mobil breached express and implied warranties, and knowingly made certain misrepresentations in connection with the sale of its nematicide-insecticide, Mocap. Mobil's principal contentions on appeal are that a new trial should have been granted because of juror misconduct and that a directed verdict should...

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