Legal Opinion

Poole v. VETERANS AUTO SALES & LEASING

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 15, 1996No. 85232PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

668 So.2d 189 (1996)

Jenny POOLE, etc., Petitioner,

v.

VETERANS AUTO SALES AND LEASING COMPANY, INC., Respondent.

No. 85232.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 15, 1996.

Michael S. Herring, Sanford, for Petitioner.

David C. Beers, Maitland, for Respondent.

GRIMES, Chief Justice.

We have for review Veterans Auto Sales & Leasing Co. v. Poole, 649 So.2d 264 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994), wherein the district court of appeal certified the following question to be of great public importance:

If section 768.74 permits a trial judge to order a new trial unless the affected party agrees to accept a remittitur or additur…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wackenhut Corp. v. CantySupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  2. Laskey v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
  3. Smith v. BrownSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  4. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. v. PopeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  5. VETERANS AUTO SALES & LEAS. v. PooleDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. FranklinDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  2. State v. SpazianoSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  3. Aurbach v. GallinaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  4. Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. of Conn. v. SealeyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  5. Home Depot USA Co., Inc. v. TaylorDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

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