COOPER v. FENTON BRACE & LIMB CO.

No. 76-890.

350 So.2d 1106 (1977)

David COOPER and Celia Cooper, His Wife, Appellants, v. FENTON BRACE & LIMB COMPANY, INC., a Florida Corporation and, National Indemnity Company, a Foreign Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pettigrew, Arky, Freed, Stearns, Watson & Greer, Miami, for appellants.

Virgin, Whittle & Popper and Gary E. Garbis, Miami, for appellees.

Before HAVERFIELD and HUBBART, JJ. and CHARLES A. CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs [David Cooper] and his wife [Celia Cooper] appeal from a final judgment entered in a negligence action in favor of the defendant [Fenton Brace & Limb Company] and its insurer [National Indemnity Company]. The plaintiffs contend that it was error for the trial court to direct a verdict in favor of the defendants at the close of all the evidence in the case. We agree and reverse.

The law is clear that a directed verdict should...

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