Ekhoff v. Hoffman

Plaintiff-appellant appeals from an order of the trial court finding the evidence sufficient in the case sub judice to support a verdict for the plaintiff-appellant of $10,-000, but insufficient to support a verdict of $18,000 and granting a new trial unless plaintiff entered a remittitur of $8,000.

The question is whether the trial judge abused his discretion, in the light of the record, in declaring the verdict excessive. See Turner v. Kreider, 1944, 154 Fla. 832, 19 So.2d 408; De La Vallina v. De La Vallina, 1926, 90 Fla. 905, 107 So. 339; and Fla.Jur., New Trials, §§ 90-92.

The rule, often…