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CHRISTMAS v. SEABOARD COASTLINE RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 72-1051.

294 So.2d 384 (1974)

Valerie J. CHRISTMAS, As Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Sidney Christmas, Deceased, and Valerie J. Christmas, Individually, Appellants, v. SEABOARD COASTLINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Virginia Corporation, Duly Licensed to Do Business in the State of Florida, and Is a Self-Insurer, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Douglass, of Brown, Watson, Goldstein & Douglass, and William F. Blews, St. Petersburg, for appellants.

George D. Lynn, Jr., of Harrison, Greene, Mann, Davenport, Rowe & Staton, St. Petersburg, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The Appellants urge two grounds for reversal.

1) The trial court erred in refusing to admit evidence of prior accidents which had occurred at the same railroad crossing within three years. 2) The trial court erred in directing a verdict in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiffs at the close of the plaintiffs' case.

As to the first ground, the Supreme Court of Florida in Chambers v. Loftin, Fla. 1953,

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