Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Rubelina Corniel

Summary

The Third District Court of Appeal of Florida affirmed an amended final judgment awarding damages to Rubelina Corniel in a first-party insurance dispute. The court held that substantial competent evidence supported the jury’s damages award and declined to reweigh the evidence presented at trial.

Holdings

1. The denial was proper because the jury's damages award was supported by substantial competent evidence.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the trial court erred by denying Universal's motion for judgment in accordance with its prior motion for directed verdict because the trial evidence allegedly did not support $4,093.18 of the jury's $32,000 damages award.
2. Whether the jury's damages award was supported by substantial competent evidence when viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict.

Disposition

affirmed