Lunham v. DeMerritt

Citations

• 83 Fla. 708
• 93 So. 148

Syllabus

<p>In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, where liability appears, but the damages awarded in the judgment are manifestly excessive, a remittitur will be permitted to be entered, and in default thereof a new trial will be granted by the appellate court. And this may be done even though the trial court had permitted a remittitur of a part of the amount found by the verdict, and had rendered judgment upon the remittitur for an amount less than that stated in the verdict.</p>