SHAW v. PETERSON

No. NN-67.

376 So.2d 433 (1979)

Leander J. SHAW, Jr. and Dolores P. Shaw, His Wife, Appellants, v. Oscar PETERSON, III, Algerie Louise Peterson, and Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Inc., As Successor to Manchester Insurance and Indemnity Company, Now Insolvent, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry M. Searcy of Searcy, Smith, Facciolo & Kirby, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellants.

Emory P. Cain of Proctor & Cain, Jacksonville, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

By this appeal, appellants challenge the jury's verdict insofar as it awarded zero damages to Mrs. Shaw on her claim for loss of consortium. They also contend that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to allow them to introduce mortality tables into evidence.

This case arose from a 1974 automobile accident in which a car driven by Algerie Peterson collided with a car driven by appellant, Leander Shaw. Mrs. Peterson admitted liability...

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