DIAZ BY RIVAS v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.

Nos. 84-676, 84-942.

475 So.2d 932 (1985)

Katherine DIAZ, a Minor, by and through Her Mother and Natural Guardian, Carmen RIVAS, and Carmen Rivas, Individually, Appellants, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, Allstate Insurance Company and Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

High, Stack, Lazenby, Palahach & Lacasa, Coral Gables, and Robert Tilghman, North Miami, for appellants.

Stinson, Lyons & Schuette and Mark D. Greenberg, Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane and Shelley H. Leinicke, Miami, for appellees.

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


BARKDULL, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal an award in a personal injury action and denial of post-trial motions to interview jurors and for a new trial. Sears and Allstate cross appeal a post-trial order requiring Sears to contribute 25% to Westinghouse. Westinghouse cross appeals a punitive damages award.

Katherine Diaz, age four, sustained leg injuries while riding with her family on an escalator (designed, made and maintained by Westinghouse) located in a Sears...

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