Stuart Weinstein, Esq., on behalf of the Weinstein Trial Firm PLLC, just prevailed against Plaintiff’s appeal of the defense verdict that he earned for his client The Aliki Condominium Association, Inc., in the case of Holly Hill v. The Aliki Management Association, Inc. At trial, the Plaintiff contended she suffered severe and permanent physical and mental injuries as an alleged result of an elevator abruptly stopping and entrapping her for 30 minutes before Fire Rescue extricated her. After a week-long trial, it took just 29 minutes for the jury to return a verdict for The Aliki Management Association. Plaintiff unsuccessfully filed post-trial motions seeking to overturn the verdict and for a new trial, and Plaintiff later appealed to the Fifth District Court of Appeals again seeking to overturn the jury verdict. On appeal, Plaintiff argued the trial court erred in denying Plaintiff’s attempt to amend her complaint to include new and additional claims, in denying Plaintiff’s requests for an adverse-inference jury instruction for alleged spoilation of video evidence, and in denying Plaintiff’s request for an inference of negligence jury instruction under res ipsa loquitur. Along with his appellate support, Stuart worked diligently in preparing the response briefs in defense of both the jury’s verdict and the trial court’s pre-trial, mid-trial and post-trial rulings. On August 26, 2025, the Fifth District Court of Appeals rejected the Appellant’s arguments and entered a per curiam affirmance in favor of The Aliki Management Association, effectively ending Plaintiff’s quest to hold The Aliki Management Association liable for an event the jury agreed it was not responsible for. Given the prolonged history of the case and unusual twists of the litigation at the trial level, this is an epic win for Stuart Weinstein and the Weinstein Trial Firm PLLC.
