Hutto v. Washington County Kennel Club, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Judge.
This is the second appearance before our Court of this case which involves an action by appellant for damages occurring because of her false arrest at appellee’s race track. The liability of appellee was established by the jury at the first trial of this cause in which appellant was awarded $50,-000.00 in damages. On appeal by the present appellee, this Court affirmed the judgment below on the issue of the liability of appellee, but found that the verdict of $50,000.00 bore no reasonable relationship to the damages suffered by Mrs. Hutto and was of such magnitude as to shock…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Griffis v. HillSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
- Washington County Kennel Club, Inc. v. EdgeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
- Roberts v. BushoreSupreme Court of Florida · 1966
- White v. BaconDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
- Sorg v. RoyalSupreme Court of Florida · 1949
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