MATHIS v. O'REILLY

No. 80-1208.

400 So.2d 795 (1981)

Harley MATHIS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Johnnie Baker Mathis, Deceased, Appellant, v. Hugh O'REILLY and Canal Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Williams of Troutman, Parrish & Williams, P.A., Winter Park, for appellant.

H. Terrell Griffin of Lawrence, Griffin & Dick, Orlando, for appellees.


COWART, Judge.

In the trial of a vehicle accident negligence action, the plaintiff's expert witness in traffic accident analysis gave his opinion that the pre-impact speed of the defendant's vehicle was substantially in excess of the lawful speed. During the defendant's case the defendant's accident reconstruction expert expressed an opinion that the speed of the defendant's truck before the accident was just under the lawful speed limit. On rebuttal, plaintiff recalled...

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