Akin v. Jacobs
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1ConcurrenceLambert, J.
I concur with the.majority opinion. The result of this appeal may well have been different if the letters that Jacobs asserts were regularly sent to her by Akin were actually admitted into evidence.1 Because the letters were not actually ¿dmitted into evidence, there was no competent evidence in the record about the content of.the letters or how they would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress. Moreover, and as pointed out in the majority opinion, there is no actual testimony or evidence from Jacobs or her witness that Jacobs suffered from emotional distress, let…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chastine v. BroomeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
- J. F. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
- In Re ErikssonSupreme Court of Florida · 2010
- Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012