Hutchinson Island Club Condominium Ass'n v. DeGraw

We reverse an order granting Amalia Aumick (Aumick) a new trial following a jury verdict entered in favor of Hutchinson Island Club Condominium Association, Inc. (Hutchinson).

By agreement, the matter was tried in a binding summary jury trial under a trial court order governing the summary proceedings. The trial consisted of attorney argument and recitation of deposition testimony, from which the jury was instructed on the law and asked to render a verdict. The trial court procedure order included a provision stating:

4. This action shall be heard before a-six-member jury, to be selected from…