BISHOP v. FLORIDA SPECIALTY PAINT CO.

No. 58372.

389 So.2d 999 (1980)

Althea G. BISHOP and William J. Bishop, Sr., As Individuals and As Parents and Next Friends of Patti Robin Bishop, a Minor, Petitioners, v. FLORIDA SPECIALTY PAINT COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, and J.D. Macrae, Jr., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion R. Shepard of Mathews, Osborne, Ehrlich, McNatt, Gobelman & Cobb, Jacksonville, for respondents.

Larry Klein, West Palm Beach, for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


ENGLAND, Justice.

The present suit arose from the crash of a small plane en route from Jacksonville, Florida, to Beech Mountain, North Carolina, for a Fourth of July weekend. The Bishop family, guest passengers in the plane, brought suit against Florida Specialty Paint Company (the plane's lessee) and J.D. MacRae (the plane's pilot and president of Florida Specialty Paint), alleging negligent operation of the aircraft. All relevant parties are Jacksonville residents...

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