USAA Casualty Insurance v. Allen

We affirm the final judgment rendered after a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff in an automobile negligence case. Two of the issues raised by appellant were not preserved for appeal. As to the third, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence.

Appellant failed to preserve its objection to the trial court’s denial of appellant’s use of a peremptory challenge against an African-American juror under the procedure required by Melbourne v. State, 679 So.2d 759, 765 (Fla.1996). In order to preserve the issue of whether the trial court’s ruling on a peremptory challenge…