Legal Opinion

Zuniga v. Eisinger

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 21, 2007No. 3D06-1131Published

1Opinion of the Court

ROTHENBERG, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Natividad de Jesus Zuni-ga and Roger Omar Nunez, appeal from an adverse final judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Chad Clifford Eisinger, following a jury trial on the issue of liability. We affirm.

The plaintiffs contend that the trial court abused its discretion in denying their motion for new trial based on several statements made by defense counsel during closing argument. Although the plaintiffs’ trial counsel failed to object contemporaneously to the argument they now claim was improper, by raising the issue in their motion for new trial, the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Murphy v. International Robotic Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. Fittipaldi USA, Inc. v. CastronevesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
  3. Pickrell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974
  4. Specialty Linings, Inc. v. BF Goodrich Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  5. Jackson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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