SOTO v. DOLGEN CORP., INC.

No. 94-1346.

665 So.2d 1086 (1995)

Benita SOTO and Gilberto Soto, Appellant, v. DOLGEN CORP., INC., a Foreign Corporation, d/b/a Dollar General Stores, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Lefebvre, Okeechobee, for appellant.

Shelley H. Leinicke and Ila J. Klion of Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


KLEIN, Judge.

Appellant Benito Soto slipped and fell in a store owned by appellee, and shattered her left shoulder. Because the amounts awarded to her — $5,000 for past pain and suffering, etc., and $5,000 for future intangibles — are grossly inadequate, we reverse for a new trial.

Mrs. Soto, who is 59 years old, underwent two different surgeries and spent fourteen days in the hospital as a result of her shoulder injury. Her medical expenses...

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