HOLLAR v. SAUNDERS, 498 So.2d 575 (Fla.App. 3 Dist. 1986)

LEWIS EDWIN HOLLAR, JR., CAROL HOLLAR AND INTERNATIONAL BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLANTS, v. KELLY SAUNDERS, APPELLEE.

No. 85-2443.District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
December 2, 1986.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Richard S. Hickey, Judge.

Barnett Clark and Steven M. Barnard and James Clark, Coral Gables, for appellants.

Hershoff Levy and Jay Levy, Miami, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Finding no merit in appellants’ contentions that the trial court erred when it: 1) admitted offensive photographs of appellee’s lacerated arm into evidence, see Adams v. State, 412 So.2d 850
(Fla.), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 882, 103 S.Ct. 182, 74 L.Ed.2d 148 (1982); 2) denied appellants’ motion for new trial based on appellee’s inflammatory closing arguments, Sears Roebuck Co. v. Jackson, 433 So.2d 1319 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983) see Ed Ricke Sons, Inc. v. Green, 468 So.2d 908 (Fla. 1985); 3) proceeded to trial before the case was at issue, Allstate Insurance Co. v. Gillespie, 455 So.2d 617 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984); 4) refused to dismiss an excess insurance carrier as a party; see Randel v. General Insurance Co., 439 So.2d 986 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); and 5) failed to give a jury instruction regarding sudden and unexpected mechanical

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failure, see Llompart v. Lavecchia, 374 So.2d 77 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979), cert. denied, 385 So.2d 758 (Fla. 1980); Fla.Std. Jury Instr. (Civ.) 4.8, we affirm.

Affirmed.