Williams v. Bryant

By these two appeals, we are called upon to pass upon the propriety of the trial court’s order granting a new trial in a personal injury action after a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, and also a subsequent order directing a verdict as to liability on the part of the defendant^

The trial judge grounded his order for a new trial on the basis that the verdict was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. This is a discretionary ruling [Cloud v. Fallis, Fla.1959, 110 So.2d 669; Volk v. Goetz, Fla.App.1968, 206 So. 2d 250; Sawyer v. Dawson, Fla.App.1968, 215 So.2d 764], and the trial…