Case Name: CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, Appellant/Cross-appellee, v. David MENDELSON, Appellee/cross-appellant
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-07-25
Citations: 798 So. 2d 760
Docket Number: Nos. 3D99-1280, 3D99-1014
Parties: CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, Appellant/Cross-appellee, v. David MENDELSON, Appellee/cross-appellant.
Judges: Before GERSTEN, and SHEVIN, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 798
Pages: 760–761

Head Matter:
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, Appellant/Cross-appellee, v. David MENDELSON, Appellee/cross-appellant.
Nos. 3D99-1280, 3D99-1014.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 25, 2001.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied Nov. 7, 2001.
Murray H. Dubbin, City Attorney; Holland & Knight, and Daniel S. Pearson, and Christopher H. Bellows, for appellant/cross-appellee.
Ginsberg and Schwartz, and Arnold R. Ginsberg; Altschul, Landy & Collier, and Joseph E. Altschul (Weston), for appel-lee/cross-appellant.
Before GERSTEN, and SHEVIN, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, City of Miami Beach, appeals an order denying its motions for a directed verdict, a mistrial, and a new trial following an adverse liability verdict in a civil rights action. Appellee, David Mendelson, cross-appeals seeking reversal of the trial court's order granting remittitur or, in the alternative, a new trial on damages. We affirm the main appeal finding the evidence of an alleged beating relevant to the allegations in Mendelson's third amended complaint. See § 90.401, 90.402, Fla. Stat. (1999); Donahue v. Albertson's Inc., 472 So.2d 482 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985); Zabner v. Howard Johnson's Inc. of Fla., 221 So.2d 543 (Fla. 4th DCA 1969).
In regard to the cross-appeal, we reverse and remand with directions to the trial court to reinstate the jury's verdict as it was supported by the evidence and was within a reasonable range. See Bould v. Touchette, 349 So.2d 1181 (Fla.1977); Kaine v. Government Employees Ins. Co., 735 So.2d 599 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999).
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions.