TUCKER v. FITZGERALD

No. 70-195.

247 So.2d 459 (1971)

Edward TUCKER, Appellant, v. Mary Jordan FITZGERALD, and Reserve Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation, Authorized to Do Business in the State of Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl O. Koepke, of Whitaker & Koepke and Associates, Orlando, for appellant.

Sutton G. Hilyard, Jr., of Pitts, Eubanks Ross & Rumberger, Orlando, for appellees.


REED, Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether or not the owner of a motor vehicle is entitled to the protection of the Florida Guest Statute when he is charged with negligence in entrusting his vehicle to a third party whose operational negligence causes injury to the plaintiff.

On 15 September 1969 the plaintiff filed a complaint against defendant Mary Jordan Fitzgerald and her insurance carrier alleging that on 9 March 1969 the plaintiff...

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