Dismex Food, Inc. v. Harris

Dismex Food, Inc. and Elkin 0. Tellez (collectively, “the defendants”) appeal the trial court’s final order granting Bobby U. Harris’s (“Harris”) motion for a new trial, which was based on the trial court’s finding that Harris was prejudiced and denied a fair trial by the cumulative effect of defense counsel’s violation of the sequestration rule and the defense witness’s violation of the trial court’s ruling confining his testimony to the opinions in his report. Because this finding is not supported by the evidence in the record, we reverse the order granting Harris a new trial.

BACKGROUND

In…