DG Sports Agency, LLC v. First Round Management, LLC, Thiago Alves and Malki Kawa
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtLevine, J.
We are asked to answer the following question: whether the trial court erred in entering a directed verdict in favor of ap-pellee First Round Management, LLC, regarding liability, where the only issue before the trial court was damages, since a default had already been entered in this case. We find that the trial court erred by entering a directed verdict for appellee, since a default had already been entered against appellee. Appellant had a right to rely on the default entered against appel-lee, and the trial court should have made a factual determination of the amount of damages, if any,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Lawson v. LathamDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990