Jacobs v. Westgate

How courts have described this case

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• holding that erroneous admission of tenant's bad character in negligence action against landlord was not harmless
• finding error in action for negligent disposition of personal property to admit evidence that the plaintiff had been a bad roommate who bounced checks
• “Reversal is required where a jury might reasonably have been misled, regardless of whether it has actually been misled.”
• “Reversal is required where a jury might reasonably have been misled, regardless of whether it has actually been misled.”
• “Reversal is required where a jury might reasonably have been misled, regardless of whether it has actually been misled.”
• in which the plaintiff claimed that the defendants violated section 83.67, Florida Statutes (1997), and “the defendants had the burden of proving the defense of comparative negligence”

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