Grand Union Super Markets, Inc. v. De Aquinos

Appellant, who was the defendant below, seeks review of a final judgment entered upon a jury verdict, in an action for false imprisonment.

By their verdict, the jury awarded $3,500.00 as compensatory damages and $5,000.00 as punitive damages. Appellant, not having argued the sufficiency of the evidence in its brief to support the compensatory award, has abandoned any assignments of error that may have gone to this point. F.A.R. 3.7(i), 31 F.S.A.; 2 Fla.Jur., Appeals, § 127. Therefore, the final judgment in this respect is affirmed.

The verdict as to punitive damages and the final judgment…