Castlewood International Corporation v. LaFleur

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing: “Since at least 1962, it has been the law of Florida that a trial court’s discretion to grant a new trial is ‘of such firmness that it would not be disturbed except on clear showing of abuse . . . .’ Cloud v. Fallis, 110 So. 2d 669, 672 (Fla. 1959
• “A heavy burden rests on appellants who seek to overturn [an order granting a new trial], and any abuse of discretion must be patent from the record.”
• “A heavy burden rests on appellants who seek to overturn [an order granting a new trial], and any abuse of discretion must be patent from the record.”
• \Mere disagreement from an appellate perspective is insufficient as a matter of law to overturn a trial court on the need for a new trial. The trial judge `was in a much better position than an appellate court to pass on the ultimate correctness of the jury's verdict.'\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).