Beattie v. Brotz

GRIMES, Judge.

Appellants, who were the defendants below, bring this appeal from a judgment entered against them in a slip and fall case. Their argument that the jury verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence is without merit. However, we find it necessary to reverse the cost order to the extent that it taxes the costs of copies of depositions.

In Florida Greyhound Lines Inc. v. Jones, 60 So.2d 396 (Fla.1952), the supreme court held that costs of copies of depositions were not taxable. Our court enforced this rule in Ryan v. Beucher, 360 So.2d 15 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978), and again in…