COPELAND v. PERDUE

No. I-179.

205 So.2d 537 (1967)

Hazel J. COPELAND, Individually and As Surviving Spouse and As Personal Representative of the Estate of Horace W. Copeland, Sr., Deceased, Appellant, v. Calvin PERDUE and Douglas Murray Perdue, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker, Foster & Madigan, Tallahassee, for appellant.

W.K. Whitfield and John A. Rudd, Tallahassee, for appellees.


SPECTOR, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment based upon a jury verdict for the defendant in an automobile intersection collision case.

The primary question presented for our consideration is whether the trial judge committed reversible error in refusing to instruct the jury on the doctrine of last clear chance.

The plaintiff, appellant here, is the surviving spouse and personal representative of Horace W. Copeland, Sr., who apparently died...

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