INGRAM v. PETTIT

No. V-426.

303 So.2d 703 (1974)

Margaret W. INGRAM, Appellant, v. Robert Leslie PETTIT, Jr., and the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, an Insurance Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Lewis of Blalock, Holbrook, Lewis, Paul & Isaac, Jacksonville, for appellant.

John C. Taylor, Jr., of Mathews, Osborne, Ehrlich, McNatt, Gobelman & Cobb, Jacksonville, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant poses the sole point on appeal as: Can voluntary intoxication of a motorist to any degree be the basis of a jury question as to "gross negligence" and consequent punitive damages?

This cause arose out of a rear end collision between an automobile operated by appellant which was stopped for traffic, and an automobile driven by appellee at an estimated speed of 30 to 35 miles per hour. The investigating officer was of the opinion that appellee...

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