MOSCA v. MIDDLETON

Nos. 76-116 to 76-118.

342 So.2d 986 (1977)

Margo A. MOSCA, Appellant, v. Robert MIDDLETON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Gale, Stephens & Schwartz, Franklin D. Kreutzer, Miami, for appellant.

Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, P.J. Carroll & Associates, Adams, George, Lee & Schulte and David L. Willing, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, C.J., and BARKDULL and NATHAN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant contends that where evidence at a trial discloses that plaintiff and defendant entered a traffic intersection against a red light (plaintiff making a left turn and the defendant coming in the opposite direction at a considerable rate of speed), the jury must find the plaintiff negligent to some degree and, therefore, must apportion damages under the doctrine of comparative negligence.

We do not agree. A jury may find that the defendant...

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