DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP. v. WEBB

Nos. VV-79, VV-103.

409 So.2d 1061 (1981)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, et al., Appellants, v. Sheila WEBB, Linda Strong, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DuBose Ausley and William M. Smith of Ausley, McMullen, McGehee, Carothers & Proctor, Tallahassee, for appellant Seaboard Coast Line.

H. Reynolds Sampson, Alan E. DeSerio and James W. Anderson, Tallahassee, for appellant Dept. of Transp.

Stanley B. Powell of Powell, Powell & Powell, Niceville, for appellees Webb and Strong.

Paul A. Bernardini of LaRue & Bernardini, Daytona Beach, and Cynthia S. Tunnicliff of Spector, Tunnicliff & McCord, Tallahassee, for appellee Grant.

L. Lee Williams, Jr., and Robert C. Apgar of Peeples, Earl, Smith, Moore & Blank, Tallahassee, for Florida Defense Lawyers' Ass'n, amicus curiae.

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


PER CURIAM.

Seven points on appeal involving contribution, statutory immunity, various evidentiary matters, the trial court's failure to instruct on punitive damages, and the viability of Florida's doctrine of joint and several liability are presented for our review of the verdict and judgments entered in this negligence action. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm.

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