POVIA v. MELVIN


66 So.2d 494 (1953)

POVIA et al. v. MELVIN.

Supreme Court of Florida, Division A.

July 24, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, Ft. Myers, for appellants.

Mellor & Watson, Ft. Myers, for appellees.


ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

The defendants have appealed from a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff entered in proceedings instituted against them in the court below by plaintiff to recover for personal injuries sustained by him in a highway accident involving a truck driven by the defendants' employee and a car driven by the plaintiff.

The plaintiff sustained injury to his arm, requiring its amputation, when the truck "side-swiped" the car as the vehicles...

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