Legal Opinion
Casteel v. Maddalena
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 3, 2013No. 2D11-4455PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, Judge.
John Casteel appeals an order granting relief from judgment. The underlying negligence action arose out of a car accident involving Casteel and Anna Mad-dalena. A bifurcated trial1 was held, and the jury determined that Casteel was 55% hable while Maddalena was 45% liable. Maddalena then moved for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540(b)(2). The basis for the motion was that testimony provided by one of Casteel’s witnesses had been proven inaccurate. The trial court took the matter under advisement, but subsequently—…
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