Case Name: George SEAMAN, Appellant, v. William ZANK and the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-06-29
Citations: 375 So. 2d 10
Docket Number: No. 78-425
Parties: George SEAMAN, Appellant, v. William ZANK and the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Appellees.
Judges: CROSS, LETTS and MOORE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 375
Pages: 10–10

Head Matter:
George SEAMAN, Appellant, v. William ZANK and the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Appellees.
No. 78-425.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
June 29, 1979.
Susan Goldman, Miami, and Glass, Krathen, Rastatter, Stark & Tarlow, Fort Laud-erdale, for appellant.
K. P. Jones, Fort Lauderdale, for appel-lees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from an order granting a new trial to the defendants on both damages and liability. The trial judge failed to set forth in the order the specific grounds for granting a new trial. He merely stated that he was "astounded" and that the jury could not have arrived at the $30,000.00 verdict on liability and damages without prejudice, sympathy or misunderstanding of the evidence entering into the award.
Accordingly, pursuant to Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.530(f), jurisdiction is hereby relinquished to the trial court for thirty days for the entry of an order specifying the grounds for granting a new trial.
CROSS, LETTS and MOORE, JJ., concur.