Companioni v. City of Tampa

This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in City of Tampa v. Companioni, 26 So.3d 598 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009), which is in express and direct conflict with the decisions of the Third District Court of Appeal in State v. Benton, 662 So.2d 1364 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995), and Sears Roebuck & Co. v. Jackson, 433 So.2d 1319 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), and the Fifth District Court of Appeal in State v. Fritz, 652 So.2d 1243 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).1

The districts conflict over whether a trial court may grant a post-verdict motion for a new trial based on attorney…