LAFFERTY v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 81-279.

425 So.2d 1147 (1982)

Lorraine Feitsma LAFFERTY a/K/a Lorraine Howard, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bruno F. Cassens and Ruth Steel Cassens, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Brennan of Brennan & Muschott, Fort Pierce, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Bradford L. Jefferson of Brennan, McAliley, Hayskar & McAliley, Fort Pierce, for appellees/cross-appellants.


BERANEK, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals and defendant cross appeals alleging error in the trial of a personal injury case which resulted in a $3,700 verdict and a $2,500 additur on post trial motion. We reverse and remand for new trial based on the admission of evidence relating to plaintiff's failure to wear seat belts and the court's instruction thereon. The defendant introduced expert testimony that plaintiff's facial and knee injuries would not have occurred if she...

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