99-1280 CITY OF MIAMI BEACH V. MENDELSON

State: Florida

Court: Florida Third District Court

Docket No: 99-1280 CITY OF MIAMI BEACH V. MENDELSON

Case Date: 07/25/2001

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D., 2001

CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, Appellant/Cross-appellee, vs. DAVID MENDELSON, Appellee/cross-appellant,

** ** ** CASE NOS. 3D99-1280 3D99-1014 ** LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 89-36054 **

Opinion filed July 25, 2001. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Shelley J. Kravitz, Judge. Murray H. Dubbin, City Attorney; Holland & Knight, and Daniel S. Pearson, and Christopher H. Bellows, for appellant/cross-appellee. Ginsberg and Schwartz, and Arnold R. Ginsberg; Altschul, Landy & Collier, and Joseph E. Altschul (Weston), for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before GERSTEN, and SHEVIN, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge. PER CURIAM. Appellant, City of Miami Beach, appeals an order denying its

motions for a directed verdict, a mistrial, and a new trial following an adverse liability verdict in a civil rights action. Appellee, David Mendelson, cross-appeals seeking reversal of the trial court's order granting remittitur or, in the alternative, a new trial on damages. We affirm the main appeal finding the

evidence of an alleged beating relevant to the allegations in Mendelson's third amended complaint. See

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