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KENDALL SKATING CENTERS, INC. v. MARTIN

No. 83-1128.

448 So.2d 1137 (1984)

KENDALL SKATING CENTERS, INC., and Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Timothy MARTIN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Klein, Solomon & Flanagan, West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Edward Perse and Lawrence Rodgers, Miami, for appellee.

High, Stack, Lazenby, Palahach & Lacasa and Philip J. Cole, Coral Gables, for Dade County Police Benevolent Ass'n as amicus curiae.

Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Contrary to the trial court's assertion that there are "no bounds" during closing argument we hold that there are indeed bounds which in this case were grossly exceeded. The plaintiff's characterization of the defendants as despicable and his assertion that both they and their lawyers were liars compels a reversal. See Schreier v. Parker, 415 So.2d 794 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982).

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