The Fourth District Court of Appeal has upheld a defense verdict for Palm Beach’s Four Seasons Resort in a wrongful death lawsuit over a poorly set tablecloth.

It was a win —  and a relief — for Rory Jurman and James Wyman of Hinshaw & Culbertson’s Fort Lauderdale and Coral Gables offices because the appeal could have had major consequences for jury instructions in cases where the injured party already had an illness at the time of their accident.