Case Name: Alex KLEIMAN and Alva Kleiman, his wife, Appellants, v. Samuel ZAP, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1974-06-25
Citations: 297 So. 2d 314
Docket Number: No. 73-1095
Parties: Alex KLEIMAN and Alva Kleiman, his wife, Appellants, v. Samuel ZAP, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, C. J.', and PEARSON and HAVERFIELD, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 297
Pages: 314–314

Head Matter:
Alex KLEIMAN and Alva Kleiman, his wife, Appellants, v. Samuel ZAP, Appellee.
No. 73-1095.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 25, 1974.
Rehearing Denied July 30, 1974.
Sidney B. Shapiro, Miami, for appellants.
Papy, Levy, Carruthers & Poole, Coral Gables, for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, C. J.', and PEARSON and HAVERFIELD, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendants who are also counter-claimants, Alex Kleiman and Aviva Klei-man, appeal a final judgment based on a jury verdict in an automobile collision personal injury action. Appellants' principal reliance is upon claimed error in the trial court's failure to declare a mistrial upon the disclosure that the appellee-driver had been dismissed from a traffic charge growing out of the accident. The disclosure of the traffic charge was inadvertently made and is not a subject of an assignment of error.
The failure of the court to declare a mistrial upon the disclosure of the dismissal of the traffic charge is not reversible error on this record because: (1) appellants failed to move for a mistrial and are not excused from failure to make the motion by their belief that the motion would have been fruitless, and (2) the court's failure to declare a mistrial was harmless error under the facts of this case. Accord, Wallace v. Rashkow, Fla.App.1972, 270 So.2d 743, 745.
We have examined the remaining points presented and find that they do not present reversible error.
Affirmed.