Legal Opinion
Whitney v. Milien
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 20, 2013No. Nos. 4D11-1565, 4D11-3792PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant, Wendy Whitney, the defendant below, appeals the denial of her motion for new trial and/or remittitur and final judgment entered in favor of Appel-lee, Manos Milien, the plaintiff below. We affirm.
The plaintiff was a rear-seat passenger in a motor vehicle when it was struck in the rear by a motor vehicle driven by the defendant. As a result of the collision, the plaintiff was rendered a quadriplegic. After a lengthy, and what was described by the trial judge as a “draining” trial that turned mainly on the issues of comparative negligence and the reasonable and probable cost of the…
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