Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc. v. Sosa

BASKIN, Judge.

We affirm the trial court order granting plaintiff Blanca Nieve Sosa a new trial on the ground that during defense'counsel’s argument to the jury he commented that plaintiff Sosa had received workers’ compensation payments. The record contains no evidence to support his comments.

Jose Lanza was a news carrier for The Miami News. As participants in a newspaper subscription contest, he and several other news carriers were taken to northwest Miami one evening by a Miami News distribution manager. During the evening, the distribution manager saw Jose Lanza and another news carrier…