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SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. SCUDDER

No. 68-247.

215 So.2d 760 (1968)

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Virginia Corporation, Successor to Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, Appellant, v. Charles L. SCUDDER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

November 22, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Reeves, of Allen, Dell, Frank & Trinkle, Tampa, for appellant.

Tom Whitaker, Jr., of Whitaker, Goodson & Garcia, Tampa, for appellee.

LILES, Chief Judge.

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, the defendant below, takes this appeal from a final judgment on a jury verdict of $65,000 entered against it. Charles L. Scudder, the appellee, instituted this action for recovery of damages for personal injuries received by him as the result of a motor vehicletrain collision in Tampa. Appellee's theory was one of negligence on the part of the railroad, and appellant based its defense on contributory negligence.

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