EMORY v. FLORIDA FREEDOM NEWSPAPERS

No. 95-3674.

687 So.2d 846 (1997)

Errol Jerome EMORY, Appellant, v. FLORIDA FREEDOM NEWSPAPERS, d/b/a The Tribune and John Edward Hall, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and/or Reconsideration Denied March 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chet E. Weinbaum, Fort Pierce, for appellant.

Bradford L. Jefferson and Garrison M. Dundas of Brennan, Hayskar, Jefferson, Walker & Schwerer, P.A., Fort Pierce, for appellees.


STEVENSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict finding that the automobile collision at issue was not the legal cause of the appellant's injuries and awarding zero damages. Appellant cites the trial judge's refusal to give an intervening cause instruction as reversible error in light of testimony at trial regarding unnecessary medical treatment which may have worsened the appellant's condition. We agree and reverse.

On September 19, 1990, Errol Jerome...

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