Gettinger v. Americana Hotel of Bal Harbour, Inc.

The plaintiff Elizabeth Gettinger appeals a remittitur or new trial order entered by the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida in a slip-and-fall, personal injury tort action after the jury had returned $850,000 verdict for the plaintiff against the defendant Americana Hotel of Bal Harbour, Inc. and its insurers Consolidated Mutual Insurance Company and American Home Assurance Company. The plaintiff contends that the jury verdict finding the defendant 100 percent negligent was based upon substantial competent evidence, that the damages awarded were not excessive or…