HATFIELD v. WELLS BROS., INC.

No. 79-600.

378 So.2d 33 (1979)

Bill HATFIELD and Mae Hatfield, Appellants, v. WELLS BROTHERS, INC., a Florida Corporation, American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, a Foreign Corporation, and Floyd Henry Tyner, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry M. Salzman of Chambers, Halboth & Salzman, St. Petersburg, for appellants.

Randy A. Fischer of Law Firm of Clifford J. Schott, Lakeland, for appellees.


SCHEB, Judge.

Appellants contend the trial judge erred in refusing to instruct the jury that the Hatfields were entitled to recover damages for their loss of future earning capacity. We agree and reverse.

Bill Hatfield and his wife, Mae Hatfield, were injured in an automobile accident in July 1976 in Clearwater, Florida. They brought suit against the appellees seeking to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from the accident. At trial they presented...

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