Case Name: Caretia W. SMITH, Appellant, v. Irving KAUFMAN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-05-31
Citations: 654 So. 2d 1299
Docket Number: No. 94-1684
Parties: Caretia W. SMITH, Appellant, v. Irving KAUFMAN, Appellee.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN, WARNER and KLEIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 654
Pages: 1299–1299

Head Matter:
Caretia W. SMITH, Appellant, v. Irving KAUFMAN, Appellee.
No. 94-1684.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 31, 1995.
Douglas P. Johnson, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellant.
Richard A. Sherman and Rosemary B. Wilder of the Law Offices of Richard A. Sherman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Cindy Shat-kin Avidan of the Law Offices of Ponzan & Avidan, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant argues that a $3,000 jury verdict was grossly inadequate, and that the trial court therefore erred in denying her motion for a new trial. We agree, because, although some of her injuries alleged to have resulted from this accident may have existed before the accident, even defendant's physician admitted that plaintiff had a permanent disability as a result of an ankle injury caused by this accident, and the surgical expenses for the ankle alone exceeded the verdict. See Shelly v. Hartford Casualty Ins. Co., 445 So.2d 415 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984). We therefore reverse and remand for a new trial on damages.
GLICKSTEIN, WARNER and KLEIN, JJ., concur.