Alaqua Lakes Realty, Inc. v. Burch

Alaqua Lakes Realty, Inc, (“Alaqua Lakes”) appeals an order granting a new trial on damages and liability upon its rejection of an additur. Appellee, Jerry E. Burch, cross-appeals the same order, contending that the court should have ordered the additur without ordering a new trial, or that it should have entered a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. He also contends that the new trial order should have been for a new trial on damages only. We affirm the order.

Burch, an independent contractor and sales representative for Alaqua Lakes, was engaged to sell lots and homes in the subdivision…