State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Ortega, 94-437

• Decision Date: 05 October 1994
• Docket Number: No. 94-437,94-437
• Citation: 644 So.2d 550
• Parties: 19 Fla. L. Weekly D2112 STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Carmen C. ORTEGA and Pablo Ortega, Appellees.
• Court: Florida District Court of Appeals

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644 So.2d 550

19 Fla. L. Weekly D2112

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Carmen C. ORTEGA and Pablo Ortega, Appellees.

No. 94-437.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Oct. 5, 1994.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Martin D. Kahn, Judge.

Kubicki Draper and David B. Pakula, Miami, for appellant.

Roy D. Wasson, Joseph A. Glick, Miami, for appellees.

Before COPE, GODERICH and GREEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. appeals an order granting the motion of plaintiffs-appellees Carmen C. Ortega and Pablo Ortega for a new trial on damages. We find no error in the trial court's determination that a new trial on damages is required. However, State Farm correctly asserts that the trial court erred in excluding State Farm's only expert witness, Dr. Richard Glatzer, for failure to produce certain financial information. We reverse that ruling on authority of Syken v. Elkins, 644 So.2d 539 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994) (en banc). There must be a new trial on liability as well as damages.

Affirmed as modified.