Case Name: MIAMI SHELNOR, INC., and Irving Zuckerberg, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Betty Zuckerberg, both d/b/a Shelnor Hotel, and David Vingate, individually, Appellants, v. David L. JONES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-06-24
Citations: 490 So. 2d 1298
Docket Number: No. 85-214
Parties: MIAMI SHELNOR, INC., and Irving Zuckerberg, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Betty Zuckerberg, both d/b/a Shelnor Hotel, and David Vingate, individually, Appellants, v. David L. JONES, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUB-BART and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 490
Pages: 1298–1298

Head Matter:
MIAMI SHELNOR, INC., and Irving Zuckerberg, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Betty Zuckerberg, both d/b/a Shelnor Hotel, and David Vingate, individually, Appellants, v. David L. JONES, Appellee.
No. 85-214.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 24, 1986.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 4, 1986.
Lee, Schulte, Murphy & Coe and Jack Coe, Jupiter, for appellants.
Smathers & Thompson and Charlton Lee Hunter, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUB-BART and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
After the jury returned a $1.00 verdict for the plaintiff in a personal injury action, the trial court granted a new trial on damages only on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the "manifest weight of the evidence" as to the plaintiff's injuries. We find no abuse of discretion in this determination. Ford Motor Co. v. Kikis, 401 So.2d 1341 (Fla.1981); Cloud v. Fallis, 110 So.2d 669 (Fla.1959). We hold, however, that the new trial must be held on both liability and damages. Borges v. Jacobs, 483 So.2d 773, 775 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986), and cases cited.
Affirmed as modified.