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Scrima v. Hutchins

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 11, 2003
849 So. 2d 384 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

Opinion

Case No. 4D02-3504.

Opinion filed June 11, 2003.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Patti Englander Henning, Judge; L.T. Case No. 98-10190 Div. 3.

Gina E. Caruso of Hinshaw Culbertson, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Julie H. Littky-Rubin of Lytal, Reiter, Clark, Fountain Williams, LLP, West Palm Beach, for appellees.


The defendant appeals a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs and raises three issues. We find no error in the court's instruction on res ipsa loquitur or the court's denial of the defendant's motion for directed verdict. We also find no error in the court's refusal to set off the settlement between the plaintiff and another defendant, which occurred prior to trial. See D'Angelo v. Fitzmaurice, 832 So.2d 135 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002) (failure to place the co-defendant's fault before the jury negates any entitlement to a set-off).

AFFIRMED.

STONE, STEVENSON and MAY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Scrima v. Hutchins

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 11, 2003
849 So. 2d 384 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)
Case details for

Scrima v. Hutchins

Case Details

Full title:DONNA SCRIMA, Appellant, v. CHRISTOPHER HUTCHINS and ROSEANN HUTCHINS, his…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jun 11, 2003

Citations

849 So. 2d 384 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

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