RAWLS v. ZIEGLER


107 So.2d 601 (1958)

Laura RAWLS and Edward K. Rawls, Jr., her husband, Appellants, v. Paul E. ZIEGLER, J.H. Ziegler, Luby Chevrolet Co., a Florida corporation; A. Cecil Deugnot, Charles H. Bruce, Elva T. Furry and Joseph A. Waite, d/b/a Cecil & Bruce Truck Equipment Co., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelner & Lewis and Fred Patrox, Miami, for appellants.

Morehead, Forrest, Gotthardt & Orr, Miami, for Paul E. Ziegler and J.H. Ziegler.

Charles A. Kimbrell and Dixon, DeJarnette, Bradford & Williams, Miami, for Luby Chevrolet Co.

Michael Shores, Miami, for A. Cecil Deugnot, Charles H. Bruce, Elva T. Furry and Joseph A. Waite, d/b/a Cecil & Bruce Truck Equipment Co.


ROBERTS, Justice.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, sued to recover their respective damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff wife when the car she was operating was side-swiped by a truck owned by the defendant, J.H. Ziegler, and being operated by his son Paul. The truck, a two-ton Chevrolet chassis with a five-yard dump body, had been purchased by Mr. Ziegler from the defendant, Luby Chevrolet Co. ("Luby" hereafter). Luby had employed the defendant, Cecil &...

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