PORTER v. SADDLEBROOK RESORTS, INC.

Nos. 91-00209, 91-00962.

596 So.2d 472 (1992)

James H. PORTER and Martha M. Porter, Trustees, James H. Porter, Individually, William H. Porter, as Trustee, and Wiregrass Ranch, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Appellants, v. SADDLEBROOK RESORTS, INC., Appellee. SADDLEBROOK RESORTS, INC., Appellant, v. James H. PORTER and Martha M. Porter, Trustees, James H. Porter, Individually, William H. Porter, as Trustee, and Wiregrass Ranch, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Maney of Maney, Damsker & Arledge, P.A., Tampa, and James S. Moody, Jr. of Trinkle, Redman, Moody, Swanson & Byrd, P.A., Plant City, for appellants/appellees.

Stephen R. Patton and Carol M. Rice of Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., and Arthur J. England, Jr., and Charles M. Auslander of Fine Jacobson Schwartz Nash Block & England, Miami, and Enola T. Brown of Lawson, McWhirter, Grandoff & Reeves, Tampa, for appellee/appellant.


FRANK, Judge.

The consolidated appeals in these matters present the challenge of James H. Porter, et al., (Porter) to the trial court's order granting a new trial and the contentions urged by Saddlebrook Resorts, Inc. (Saddlebrook) that the trial court erred in the standards it followed in instructing the jury as to Saddlebrook's liability and the element of damages. The jury verdict awarded the Porters $8,082,000.00. In reversing the verdict and judgment,...

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