Leseke v. Nutaro, 89-1021
| Decision Date | 19 September 1990 |
| Docket Number | No. 89-1021,89-1021 |
| Citation | 567 So.2d 949 |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
| Parties | 15 Fla. L. Weekly D2362 Mary A. LESEKE, Appellant, v. Lisa Marie NUTARO and Snappy Car Rental, a foreign corporation, Appellees. |
Rehearing Denied Oct. 29, 1990.
Arnold R. Ginsberg of Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, and Jerold Hart, P.A., Miami, for appellant.
Richard A. Sherman and Rosemary Wilder of Richard A. Sherman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.
Mary Leseke initiated a negligence action against Lisa Marie Nutaro and Snappy Car Rental as a result of an automobile-bicycle collision. Pursuant to an appropriate motion, the trial court ordered mediation. A mediation hearing was held and an agreement was reached which provided as follows:
The Plaintiff shall be examined the week of January 30, 1989 by Dr. Paul Kramer. If Dr. Kramer indicates the Plaintiff has a herniation of C5-6 and C6-7 the Defendants agree to re-evaluate the case. If Dr. Kramer indicates no problems at C5-6 and C6-7 the Plaintiff will accept $40,000.00.
The results of Dr. Kramer's examination of Leseke were expressed in a letter, the pertinent portions of which state:
With regard to her neck, the discomfort there is infrequent, that is 1-2 times per week, and is left low neck and radiates along both trapezius areas. She did not have neck pain prior to the automobile accident nor did she have thoracic or low back pain. She is aggravated by right rotation and also by reading long periods of time with her neck down....
To physical examination, she was alert, cooperative, a consistent historian and a very pleasant person. She demonstrates a normal range of motion of the neck to right and left rotation. She moves on and off the examining table with ease. To formal testing of her range of motion of her neck she actively does all ranges normally. There is no sign of cervical nerve root compression. The thoracic spine is tender to percussion over the spinous processes of T5-8. The lumbar spine has a normal range of motion and in fact is quite full....
Cervical radiculopathy, mild.
The interpretation or construction of a contract is a matter of law, not one of fact, and an appellate court is not restricted in its ability to reassess the meaning and effect of a written agreement. Folwell v. Bernard, 477 So.2d 1060 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985). In our judgment, the trial court erred in enforcing the settlement agreement which, we note in passing, is...
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