SINGLETARY v. NATIONAL R.R. PASSENGER CORP.

No. 79-209.

376 So.2d 1191 (1979)

Donald C. SINGLETARY, As Personal Representative of the Estates of Jenifer Lynn Singletary, Deceased, and Matthew Donald Singletary, Deceased, for and On Behalf of the Survivor, Donald C. Singletary, Appellant, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, a Foreign Corporation Authorized to Do Business in Florida, and Frank C. Strickland, Jr., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Connor of Gibson & Connor, Lake Wales, and William B. Fletcher, Sebring, for appellant.

Dabney L. Conner of Boswell, Boswell & Conner, Bartow, for appellees.


GRIMES, Chief Judge.

This appeal involves a construction of the 1972 revision of the wrongful death statutes as they relate to the reduction of a parent's damage claims for the death of his children caused by an accident in which the other parent was concurrently negligent.

The accident occurred at a railroad crossing in Avon Park when a train collided with an automobile driven by Nancy K. Singletary. Mrs. Singletary and her two children, Matthew and Jenifer...

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