FEARS v. LUNSFORD

No. 45834.

314 So.2d 578 (1975)

Patricia FEARS, Petitioner, v. Muriel Booth LUNSFORD and the Insurance Company of North America, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 11, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Ben Watkins of Watkins, Hill & Marts, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

John N. Boggs of Barron, Redding, Boggs & Hughes, Panama City, for respondents.


DREW, Justice (Retired).

There is conflict, which vests this Court with jurisdiction, between the majority opinion of the First District Court of Appeal in the instant case1 and prior decisions of the Fourth District Court of Appeal. The conflict of those decisions appears in the clear and concise dissent of Judge McCord in the decision below:

"While I do not consider that a plaintiff should have the right to take a voluntary...

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