NEWSOME v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. CO.

No. 76-1976.

350 So.2d 825 (1977)

Billie NEWSOME, Appellant, v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, and Patricia B. Messing, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Cechman of Goldberg, Rubinstein & Buckley, P.A., Fort Myers, for appellant.

Gerald W. Pierce and Patrick E. Geraghty of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, Fort Myers, for appellees.


OTT, Judge.

The court below entered a directed verdict and final judgment against the plaintiff/appellant and in favor of defendant/appellee. We reverse.

At about 10:30 p.m. on September 9, 1974 appellee/Messing parked her car in front of the Surf Club on Estero Boulevard in Ft. Myers Beach. There was evidence that Messing had consumed a "few" drinks in the midafternoon and an undetermined number of drinks before...

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