Case Name: Jorge SALAZAR, Appellant, v. Guillermina Garcia MARRERO, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-03-27
Citations: 670 So. 2d 191
Docket Number: No. 94-2901
Parties: Jorge SALAZAR, Appellant, v. Guillermina Garcia MARRERO, Appellee.
Judges: Before LEVY, GERSTEN and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 670
Pages: 191–191

Head Matter:
Jorge SALAZAR, Appellant, v. Guillermina Garcia MARRERO, Appellee.
No. 94-2901.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 27, 1996.
Angones, Hunter, McClure, Lynch & Williams and Christopher J. Lynch, Miami, for appellant.
Aurora Ares, Miami, Julio V. Arango, Coral Gables, for appellee.
Before LEVY, GERSTEN and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant, who was the defendant below, appeals the trial court's order which granted a new trial to the appellee, who was the plaintiff below, after the jury returned a verdict in favor of the appellant.
A review of the record reflects that the trial court abused its discretion in granting a new trial where there was substantial competent evidence to support the jury's finding that the appellee did not suffer any permanent injury as a result of the accident in question.
Accordingly, the trial court's order under review is reversed and this cause remanded to the trial court with directions to enter a judgment in accordance with the jury's verdict.