PETROLEUM CARRIER CORPORATION v. GATES

No. Y-496.

330 So.2d 751 (1976)

PETROLEUM CARRIER CORPORATION et al., Appellants, v. Phillip D. GATES and Mary B. Gates, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

As Modified on Petition for Rehearing May 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Gaines, Beggs, Lane, Daniel, Gaines & Davis, Pensacola, for appellants.

Richard P. Warfield, Levin, Warfield, Middlebrooks, Graff, Mabie, Rosenbloum & Magie, Pensacola, for appellees.


BOYER, Chief Judge.

Appellants, defendants in the trial court, appeal from a final judgment based on a jury verdict awarding appellees damages in the approximate amount of $31,000. Appellants request a new trial, arguing that the award of damages was excessive and that the trial court erred in directing a verdict on the issue of liability.

Appellees, Mr. and Mrs. Gates, initiated this action by filing their complaint for damages which was based on an accident...

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