RIVERA v. ALDRICH

No. 88-556.

538 So.2d 1390 (1989)

Jose RIVERA, Appellant, v. Gaspar ALDRICH, and Orlando Berrocal, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven G. Jugo, Miami, and Kathleen T. Murphy, for appellant.

Barnett, Clark & Barnard and Michael A. Robb, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee Aldrich.

Michael I. Libman, Miami, for appellee Berrocal.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and COPE, JJ.


COPE, Judge.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial judge correctly ordered a new trial on liability and damages, or whether, as appellant contends, the new trial should be confined to damages alone. We affirm.

The lawsuit below arose out of a chain reaction collision. Plaintiff-appellant Rivera alleged that defendant-appellee Aldrich initiated the chain reaction by striking defendant-appellee Berrocal's intervening car and propelling it into plaintiff...

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