Case Name: WESTERN WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC. OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. Christine K. MERRIAM f/k/a Christine K. Norburg, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-10-01
Citations: 623 So. 2d 1252
Docket Number: No. 92-2992
Parties: WESTERN WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC. OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. Christine K. MERRIAM f/k/a Christine K. Norburg, Appellee.
Judges: DAUKSCH and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 623
Pages: 1252–1252

Head Matter:
WESTERN WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC. OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. Christine K. MERRIAM f/k/a Christine K. Norburg, Appellee.
No. 92-2992.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Oct. 1, 1993.
Lamar D. Oxford and F. Scott Pendley, Dean, Ringers, Morgan & Lawton, Orlando, for appellant.
Stewart Cohen, Stewart Cohen, P.A., Orlando, for appellee.

Opinion:
COBB, Judge.
The appellant, Western Waste Industries of Florida, challenges the award to the tort plaintiff below, Christine Merriam, of $74,-000.00 for future medical expenses and lost earning ability. The balance of the judgment below, based upon admitted liability and a jury verdict for damages, is not contested on appeal.
Western Waste urges that the trial judge erred in allowing the plaintiffs claims for these two items to go to the jury. Based upon the record, we agree that there was insufficient evidence to submit the issue of lost earning ability to the jury, and a directed verdict should have been granted on that issue. There was, however, some competent evidence adduced as to future medical expenses, albeit the aggregate amount thereof appears to fall far short of $74,000.00.
Accordingly, we reverse the award of $74,-000.00 and remand for a new trial on the issue of future medical expenses.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
DAUKSCH and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.