MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC. v. LOVETT

No. 97-4499.

731 So.2d 736 (1999)

MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC., f/k/a Michelin Tire Corporation, and Davis Bandag Recapping & Tire Co., Appellants, v. Julian Bernard LOVETT, Dorothy Mae Lovett, and Julian Lovett, Jr., By and Through his next friend and guardian, Dorothy Mae Lovett, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Pearson, Linda Collins Hertz, Christopher N. Bellows, Lenore C. Smith, and Lucinda A. Hofmann of Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, for appellants.

Joseph J. Reiter and Donald R. Fountain, Jr., of Lytal, Reiter, Clark, Fountain & Williams, and Jane Kreusler-Walsh of Jane Kreusler-Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees.


POLEN, J.

Michelin North America, Inc., f/k/a Michelin Tire Corp., and Davis Bandag Recapping & Tire Co., (collectively "Michelin") appeal a final judgment awarding appellees Julian Lovett, Dorothy Lovett, and Julian Lovett, Jr., damages of $30,424,000. Michelin presents four points on appeal. The first three concern alleged errors in voir dire and the fourth concerns the amount of damages awarded. Our review of the record on appeal and application of pertinent...

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