PLATT v. SCHWINDT

No. 85-1541.

493 So.2d 520 (1986)

Christel PLATT and David Platt, Appellants, v. John SCHWINDT and Inez Jackson, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stevan T. Northcutt, of Levine, Freedman, Hirsch & Levinson, and Herbert M. Berkowitz, of Oster & Berkowitz, Tampa, and Bruce L. Scheiner, Fort Myers, for appellants.

Michael F. Tew and Curtright C. Truitt, of Tew & Truitt, Fort Myers, for appellees.


SANDERLIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment awarding appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Platt, total damages of $10,000.00 and $52,000.00 respectively, less 65% due to Mrs. Platt's comparative negligence. They raise three points on appeal; only one merits discussion. Essentially, the Platts argue that an improper delivery of jury instructions hampered the jurors' deliberations and therefore, deprived them of their full measure of damages. We agree and reverse...

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