HEALTH FIRST, INC. v. CATALDO

No. 5D10-1686.

92 So.3d 859 (2012)

HEALTH FIRST, INC. and David S. Ori, Appellants, v. Cheryl L. CATALDO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinda Klein , Diane H. Tutt and Carlos D. Cabrera of Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans, Abel, Lurvey, Morrow & Schefer, P.A., Hollywood, for Appellant.

Christopher V. Carlyle , B.C.S., and Shannon McLin Carlyle , B.C.S., of The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, The Villages, and O. John Alpizar and David Michael Alpizar of Alpizar Law, LLC, Palm Bay, for Appellee.


COHEN, J.

Appellants, Health First, Inc. ("Health First") and David S. Ori ("Ori"), appeal from a final judgment in excess of $2,000,000 entered against them in a personal injury case in favor of Cheryl L. Cataldo ("Cataldo"). They challenge Cataldo's withdrawal of claims on the eve of trial, Cataldo's attorney's closing argument at trial, and attorney's fees awarded pursuant to offers of judgment.

BACKGROUND

In 2005, Cataldo was driving her...

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