FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. McCOLLUM

No. 31262.

140 So.2d 569 (1962)

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Petitioner, v. Sandra Ann McCOLLUM, As Widow of Eddie Mack McCollum, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brigham, Wright, Goodwin & Dence, E.F.P. Brigham and George W. Wright, Jr., Miami, for petitioner.

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


DREW, Justice.

The petition for writ of certiorari in this cause is addressed to a decision of the District Court of Appeal, Third District, reversing a judgment in an action for wrongful death. The court, in reaching its conclusion as to reversible error in instructions to the jury, found that "It is possible that the jury was not misled but we cannot say that they were not." (Emphasis supplied.)1 Because of the language noted...

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