SISTRUNK v. DOUGLAS

No. AY-475.

468 So.2d 1059 (1985)

Carley SISTRUNK and Florida M. Sistrunk, His Wife, Appellants, v. Freeman H. DOUGLAS, James Edmon Johns, and General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp., Ltd., a Foreign Corporation Doing Business in Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearings Denied June 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Davis, Jr., Jasper, for appellants.

Jack W. Shaw, Jr., P.A. and S. Grier Wells of Mathews, Osborne, McNatt, Gobelman & Cobb, Jacksonville, for appellees.


SMITH, Judge.

The jury found in favor of defendant-appellee in this negligence action arising out of a "rear-end" automobile accident. Appellant seeks reversal, contending that there was insufficient evidence to overcome the presumption of appellee's negligence, and that appellant was entitled to a directed verdict of liability against appellee. We disagree and affirm.

The facts here are that both appellant and appellee were driving on a four-lane section...

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