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SIKES v. SEABOARD COAST LINE R. CO.

No. AL-488.

429 So.2d 1216 (1983)

Doris SIKES, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Noah Lee Sikes, Deceased, Appellant, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Gentry of Bedell, Bedell, Ditmar & Zehmer, Jacksonville, for appellant.

E. Dale Joyner and J.W. Prichard, Jr., of Toole, Taylor, Moseley & Joyner, Jacksonville, for appellee.

ERVIN, Judge.

In this wrongful death action, stemming from a train/log truck collision in Jacksonville, the jury found that appellee and defendant below, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL), was not liable for any damages to the decedent's estate. We reverse and remand for further proceedings, finding that the lower court erred in striking appellant's prayer for punitive damages, in refusing to admit crucial evidence indicating that SCL was on notice as to the dangerous...

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