GASTON v. PITTMAN

No. 1827.

285 F.Supp. 645 (1968)

Angela Dorothy GASTON, Plaintiff, v. John PITTMAN, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. Florida, Pensacola Division.

May 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. F. Wiltshire, of Harrell, Caro, Middlebrooks & Wiltshire, Pensacola, Fla., for plaintiff.

W. Spencer Mitchem, of Beggs, Lane, Daniel, Gaines & Davis, Pensacola, Fla., for defendant.


OPINION

ARNOW, District Judge.

Under Florida law, may a woman, after divorce from her husband, maintain an action against him for a personal tort committed by him prior to their marriage?

That is the question here presented. I conclude she may not.

Plaintiff brought suit against the Defendant alleging the death of her minor child as the proximate result of the negligence and carelessness of the Defendant. Defendant, by motion, seeks summary...

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