First National Bank of Florida v. Braun

LEHAN, Judge.

First National Bank of Florida appeals from a jury verdict and judgment against it for $50,000 based upon conduct of the bank in transactions with appellee. The verdict and judgment resulted from appellee’s counterclaims against the bank in suits instituted by the bank, including a mortgage foreclosure.

The bank raises several contentions on appeal, one of which is that there was reversible error in the trial court’s failure to grant the bank’s timely motion for mistrial following inflammatory and prejudicial comments by a witness called by appellee who was a former attorney for…