CARDONA v. METRO DADE TRANSIT AGENCY

No. 96-528.

680 So.2d 1098 (1996)

Jose CARDONA, Appellant, v. METRO DADE TRANSIT AGENCY, Special Transportation Services; Comprehensive Paratransit Services; and Metropolitan Dade County, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe N. Unger; Rodney D. Logan, Miami, for appellant.

Richard A. Sherman and James H. Wakefield, and Rosemary B. Wilder, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ.


SHEVIN, Judge.

Plaintiff Jose Cardona appeals a final judgment in defendants' favor. We reverse.

Prior to commencement of the evidentiary portion of the trial, Cardona and all the defendants entered into a "high-low" agreement: regardless of the jury's verdict, Cardona's maximum recovery would be $100,000; the minimum would be $15,000. For purposes of the agreement, defendants were willing to concede one percent liability.

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