Case Name: Robert PLADL and Rita Pladl, Appellants, v. Herbert LIFSCHULTZ and Barbara Lifschultz, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-04-10
Citations: 466 So. 2d 444
Docket Number: No. 84-190
Parties: Robert PLADL and Rita Pladl, Appellants, v. Herbert LIFSCHULTZ and Barbara Lifschultz, Appellees.
Judges: ANSTEAD, C.J., and HURLEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 466
Pages: 444–444

Head Matter:
Robert PLADL and Rita Pladl, Appellants, v. Herbert LIFSCHULTZ and Barbara Lifschultz, Appellees.
No. 84-190.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 10, 1985.
Abraham I. Marglin, Coral Springs, for appellants.
Ronald K. Dallas of Finkelstein & Dallas, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Reversed and remanded for entry of judgment in favor of appellants. While it is apparent that the appellees sufficiently proved a case establishing appellants' liability for damages, it is equally apparent that appellees' counsel failed to submit competent evidence of the amount of damages sustained. We find that the trial court erred in admitting, over objection, hearsay testimony as to an estimate of damages made by a person who did not testify. Without that evidence there is no basis in the record to sustain the award of damages.
ANSTEAD, C.J., and HURLEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.