Boeck v. Diem

MANN, Judge.

Our Supreme Court has made it clear in Short v. Grossman, Fla. 1971, 245 So.2d 217, opinion filed January 13, 1971, that Griffis v. Hill, Fla. 1969, 230 So.2d 143, was not intended to make a new trial necessary in every zero damages case. Though the holding in Short seems to reaffirm a restrictive view of Supreme Court jurisdiction under Fla.Const. Art. V, § 4, F.S.A., the opinion clearly rehabilitates Shaw v. Puleo, Fla.1964, 159 So.2d 641.

This is an appropriate case for the af-firmance of zero damages. Plaintiffs were passengers in a car struck lightly by a following car. The…