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SOUTHERN LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY v. SMITH

No. K-208.

218 So.2d 784 (1969)

SOUTHERN LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY and James D. Lewis, Appellants, v. Joseph K. SMITH, Myrtle Smith and Claudie Smith, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

Rehearing Denied March 4, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrell, Caro, Middlebrooks & Wiltshire, Pensacola, for appellants.

Beggs, Lane, Daniel, Gaines & Davis, Pensacola, for appellees.

RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

Defendant, Southern Life & Health Insurance Company, has appealed a final judgment based upon a jury verdict in an automobile accident case.

The only point meriting discussion on this appeal is whether defendant, James D. Lewis, was within the scope of his employment at the time the accident occurred thereby rendering Southern Life vicariously liable for Lewis's negligence. We find that he was and affirm.

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