Marlo v. K-Mart Corp.

FLETCHER, Judge.

The trial court in this personal injury action1 ordered a remittitur of the jury award of $363,205,2 reducing that award to $160,000, and, based on the offer of judgment, awarded Mario attorney’s fees. Mario challenges both the remittitur and the amount of attorney’s fees awarded.

First, we conclude that the jury verdict should not have been disturbed as it was not so inordinately large as obviously to exceed the maximum limit of a reasonable range within which the jury may properly operate. See Kaine v. Government Employees Ins. Co., 735 So.2d 599 (Fla. 3d DCA), rev. denied,…