Legal Opinion
Olivas v. Peterson
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 14, 2007No. 4D06-3327PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELANGER, ROBERT E., Associate Judge.
This case arose out of a traffic accident involving a Hertz rental vehicle driven by appellant Guadalupe Olivas and another vehicle in which appellee Shane Peterson was a passenger. Liability and damages were highly contested.
The jury awarded Peterson $1 million in past non-economic damages and $4 million in future non-economic damages. The amount of non-economic damages the jury awarded was more than double the $2.25 million figure suggested by Peterson’s counsel during closing argument. Hertz and Olivas filed a motion for new trial, or in the…
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