GEORGIA SOUTHERN & FLORIDA RAILWAY CO. v. SHIVER

No. F-277.

172 So.2d 639 (1965)

GEORGIA SOUTHERN & FLORIDA RAILWAY COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. Grace Sapp SHIVER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathews, Osborne & Ehrlich, Jacksonville, for appellants.

Greene, Greene & Kennelly, Jacksonville, for appellee.


RAWLS, Judge.

The Railway Company, defendant below, has appealed a judgment based upon a verdict awarding plaintiff Grace Shiver damages for the wrongful death of her husband, who died as a result of a train-truck collision.

The only question for consideration on this appeal is whether the negligence of the truck driver is imputed to his passenger, Shiver, who was his supervisor.

The wrongful death occurred in a collision between one of defendant's...

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