BRIDGES v. SPEER


79 So.2d 679 (1955)

Mildred BRIDGES, Appellant, v. Daisy B. SPEER, as Administratrix of the Estate of Vivian A. Speer, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Speer, Jr., Sanford, for appellant.

J. Thomas Gurney, Orlando, for appellee.


DREW, Justice.

This appeal is from a final judgment entered in favor of the appellee after the lower court dismissed appellant's second amended complaint on the grounds that it failed to state a cause of action for gross negligence under the guest statute, Section 320.59, F.S. 1951, F.S.A.

We think the complaint sufficiently alleged gross and wanton negligence. First, we think that type of conduct clearly appears from the allegations in the complaint that...

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