Case Name: Stanley SKOPIT, D.O., Appellant, v. Patricia NEISEN and Sidney Neisen, her husband, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-03-16
Citations: 616 So. 2d 505
Docket Number: No. 92-1825
Parties: Stanley SKOPIT, D.O., Appellant, v. Patricia NEISEN and Sidney Neisen, her husband, Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 616
Pages: 505–505

Head Matter:
Stanley SKOPIT, D.O., Appellant, v. Patricia NEISEN and Sidney Neisen, her husband, Appellees.
No. 92-1825.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 16, 1993.
Rehearing Denied May 11, 1993.
Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, and Robert L. Teitler, Miami, for appellant.
Smith & Gellman, Miami, Don Russo, and Elizabeth Koebel Russo, Coconut Grove, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the trial court's order granting a new trial. Since the jury never reached the issue of apportioning damages, any error on the verdict form was harmless. The asserted juror misconduct, if true, was not material to this case, and, thus did not warrant a new trial. See Blaylock v. State, 537 So.2d 1103 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), review denied, 547 So.2d 1209 (Fla.1989). Finally, because the trial court should not impanel itself as a "seventh juror with veto power", McNair v. Davis, 518 So.2d 416, 418 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988), we reverse the ruling that the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence.
Reversed.