414 So. 2d 215 | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | 1982
This case involves the use of verdict forms which, to say the least, were very poorly drafted. We have no difficulty affirming the amount of damages arrived at from the first form, but the forms admittedly are confusing when it comes to who is liable for payment. Nonetheless, we affirm.
Certain things, however, are clear. The jury verdict awarded $2,700 to the appellant, but found her deceased son 60% negligent. The facts and the record clearly support such a result. The situation, on the one hand, boils down to an appellant who is dissatisfied with the amount of the verdict trying understandably to obtain a new trial claiming that the verdict forms were confusing about who was to pay her.
If we had to, we might find the above sufficient in and of themselves to affirm this cause, but there is more. The very verdict forms complained of were not only used without objection, but discussion in the record reveals they were specifically agreed to by the appellant. Robbins v. Graham, 404 So.2d 769 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981).
AFFIRMED.
. Of course, she also claims the verdict amount is confusing but we do not agree with that.