FLOVAL OIL CORPORATION v. MUNOZ

No. 94-3065.

679 So.2d 286 (1996)

FLOVAL OIL CORPORATION, a Florida corporation for profit, Appellant, v. Teresa MUNOZ, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Noirtier Munoz, deceased; Teresa Munoz, and Monica Munoz, Individually, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ligman, Martin & Evans and Gordon Evans, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Leesfield, Leighton & Rubio; Bierman, Shohat, Loewy, Perry & Klein, and Pamela I. Perry, Miami, for appellees.

Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin for the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers as amicus curiae.

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


PER CURIAM.

The defendant, Floval Oil Corporation, appeals from an adverse final judgment and from the denial of its motion for directed verdict. We reverse.

The defendant contends that when viewing the evidence presented in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, the plaintiffs, the jury could not have lawfully found in favor of the plaintiffs on either of their alternative theories of liability. See McKinnon v. Lewis, 60 Fla. 125, 53 So....

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