Mini-Hospital, Inc. v. J.P. Realty, Inc.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

In Mini-Hospital, Inc. v. J.P. Realty, Inc., 403 So.2d 520 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), we reversed a directed verdict entered for the defendants in this cause after a jury verdict for the plaintiffs. Acting upon the broad hint in that opinion that he do so after remand,1 the trial judge then granted the appellees’ motion for new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence. Not surprisingly, we now conclude that that order, which is correct in form,2 represents an appropriate exercise of discretion. Wackenhut Corp. v. Canty, 359 So.2d 430…