Appeals Court Delivers Setback to Aspiring Olympian

A Florida state appeals court has reversed a trial court’s ruling, which had granted a new trial to a potential Olympic athlete, who had claimed that he should be compensated for his potential earnings after an accident cut short his athletic career.   In so ruling, the appeals court found that defense counsel’s comment in his closing statement that cast doubt on the testimony of the plaintiff’s sister about the plaintiff’s earnings capability “were neither highly prejudicial nor