Case Name: ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Florida, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Earnest STANBERRY, Jr., Appellee/Cross-Appellant
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-02-02
Citations: 864 So. 2d 575
Docket Number: Nos. 1D02-4558, 1D02-4559
Parties: ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Florida, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Earnest STANBERRY, Jr., Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
Judges: BENTON, and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 864
Pages: 575–576

Head Matter:
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Florida, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Earnest STANBERRY, Jr., Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
Nos. 1D02-4558, 1D02-4559.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 2, 2004.
Charles V. Peppier, Escambia County Attorney’s Office, Pensacola, for Appellant.
Lisa S. Minshew, Pensacola, for Appel-lee.

Opinion:
ON MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION
BARFIELD, J.
We withdraw our opinion filed on November 19, 2003, and substitute the following opinion. We reject the argument of the cross-appellant regarding the applicability of section 768.28, Florida Statutes, to the claims of nuisance and trespass. We find no reversible error except for the trial court's instruction to the jury regarding real property damages, which we find to have been an incorrect statement of the law which led the jury to a finding that was not supported by the evidence. We therefore REVERSE the $225,000.00 award of damages for "cost of repair or replacement of the damaged property," and REMAND the case to the trial court for a new trial on this element of damages. In all other respects, the final judgment awarding damages is AFFIRMED.
The award of attorney fees and costs based on section 768.79, Florida Statutes, is VACATED and the trial court is ordered to determine, after a final judgment has been rendered on remand, whether the appellee is entitled to attorney fees.
BENTON, and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., Concur.