Legal Opinion

General Foods Corp. v. Brown

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 14, 1982No. AK-300PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLS, Judge.

General Foods, defendant below, appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict. We have expedited consideration of this appeal due to the scheduled trial of related claims. We affirm.

General Foods challenges the failure to excuse one juror for cause. The trial court has broad discretion in these matters and manifest error must be shown for reversal. Christopher v. State, 407 So.2d 198 (Fla.1981); Skipper v. State, 400 So.2d 797 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981). Our review of the voir dire does not reveal manifest error.

General Foods’ next four issues concern the sufficiency of the evidence. We…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Christopher v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  2. Skipper v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Sydleman v. BensonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  2. Ortega v. BelonyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
  3. H.G. Land Development Co. v. SMA Life AssuranceDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991

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