SPROULE v. NELSON


81 So.2d 478 (1955)

William A. SPROULE and Standard Oil Company, a Kentucky corporation, Appellants, v. Joseph Clinton NELSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing September 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dixon, DeJarnette, Bradford & Williams, Miami, for appellants.

Nichols, Gaither, Green, Frates & Beckham, William R. Colson and Sam Daniels, Miami, for appellee.


TERRELL, Justice.

Appellant William V. Sproule was an employee of Standard Oil Company. Appellee Joseph Clinton Nelson was a mechanic in the employ of National Air Lines. In December, 1952, while engaged in filling the tanks of an airplane, Sproule being the driver of a Standard Oil Company gasoline truck, and Nelson directing the operation, the truck was backed up too far and caught Nelson between the wing of the airplane and the gasoline truck, account of which...

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