Cohen v. Margoa, Inc.

This is a conflict certiorari review of the decision of the District Court of Appeal, Third District, in Cohen v. Margoa, Inc., etc., 1973, 281 So.2d 406. Frances Barnett, appellant in the District Court, is now deceased and these proceedings were timely brought by Petitioner Bernard Cohen, Executor of Appellant’s estate.

The crucial question is whether the District Court’s decision affirming a trial judge’s order providing for the remittitur of $7,500 of a jury’s verdict of $25,000 *540compensatory damages and for the remitti-tur of $25,000 of the same jury’s verdict of $50,000 punitive damages…