WRIGHT FRUIT COMPANY, INC. v. MORRISON

Nos. 74-244, 74-245.

309 So.2d 54 (1975)

WRIGHT FRUIT COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. Wayne Walter MORRISON, As Administrator of the Estate of Kathleen B. Morrison, Deceased, Appellee. James HUGGER et al., Appellants, v. Wayne Walter MORRISON, As Administrator of the Estate of Kathleen B. Morrison, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller & Sweat, Lakeland, and Edward M. Waller, Jr., of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, Tampa, for appellants.

Wagner, Cunningham, Vaughan, Hapner, May & Genders, Tampa, and Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, Miami, for appellee.


SCHEB, Judge.

Appellants/defendants appeal from judgments entered in favor of appellee/plaintiff upon jury verdicts awarding compensatory and punitive damages.

Kathleen Morrison, age 46, was fatally injured in a collision which occurred when her automobile was struck by a bus driven by appellant Wright's agent, James Hugger, and used for transporting fruit pickers to groves. Appellants admitted liability for compensatory damages but denied any responsibility...

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