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JONES v. STEVENSON

No. 91-1766.

598 So.2d 219 (1992)

Ralph Cecil JONES, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. Margaret J. STEVENSON, etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Forgas, III and Harold H. Catlin of Saalfield, Catlin, Coulson, & Etheridge, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellants.

Jeffrey R. Garvin of Garvin & Tripp, P.A., Fort Myers, for appellee Stevenson.

No appearance for appellee Martin Paving Co.

GOSHORN, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from an order granting a new trial entered after the jury found that the appellants were not liable on Stevenson's wrongful death claim. We reverse.

In deciding Stevenson's motion for a new trial, the trial court properly considered the credibility of the witnesses. See Smith v. Brown, 525 So.2d 868, 870 (Fla. 1988). Although the trial court expressly found that the witnesses for...

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