
Inappropriate Statements at Trial found to be grounds for Mistrial
Submitted by Sebastian Poprawski on 23 Aug, 2017
Las Olas Holding Co. d/b/a Riverside Hotel v. Demella, No. 4D16-231, 2017 WL 3085329, at *2 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. July 19, 2017) During opening and closing arguments in a wrongful death action, Plaintiff’s counsel made various inappropriate statements. The law is clear, “[g]enerally, a mistrial or new trial should…