Porta v. Arango

Cira Porta and her husband, Gustavo Porta, plaintiffs below, appeal a final judgment in a slip-and-fall case. Defendant Ramiro Arango cross-appeals an order granting additur.

Plaintiffs’ objection to defendant’s closing argument is preserved for appellate purposes. Goff v. 392208 Ontario, Ltd., 539 So.2d 1158, 1159 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989). We agree with the trial court that the remark was ambiguous. The trial court had the benefit of hearing the remark in the context and manner in which it was delivered. That being so, we conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that…