Swanson v. Beilman

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

SARAH L. SWANSON,

Appellant, v. Case No. 5D15-2901 LOLITA M. BEILMAN,

Appellee. ________________________________/

Opinion filed May 12, 2017

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County,

Charles M. Holcomb, Judge.

Charles W. Hall, DeeAnn J. McLemore and

Mark D. Tinker, of Banker Lopez Gassler

P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellant.

Marjorie Gadarian Graham, of Marjorie

Gadarian Graham, P.A., Palm Beach

Gardens and Douglas R. Beam,

Melbourne, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Sarah L. Swanson appeals the trial court’s order granting a new trial on damages after she rejected an additur in a personal injury lawsuit arising from an automobile accident. We affirm. However, because the jury found the plaintiff below, Lolita M. Beilman, did not sustain a permanent injury, the new trial shall be limited to economic damages only. See § 627.737(2), Fla. Stat. (2010).

AFFIRMED.

ORFINGER, TORPY and EVANDER, JJ., concur.