RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC. v. JOHNSON

No. AZ-431.

466 So.2d 1240 (1985)

RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC. and Albertsons, Inc., Appellants, v. Garry JOHNSON and Lisa Johnson, His Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Howell of Howell, Liles, Braddock & Milton, Jacksonville, for appellants.

Robert P. Eshelman, II, and John F. MacLennan of Kattman, Eshelman & MacLennan, Jacksonville, for appellees.


BOOTH, Judge.

This cause is before us on appeal from a final judgment in a personal injury action entered upon a jury verdict, finding negligence on the part of appellants' driver, finding no negligence on the part of plaintiff/appellee, Garry Johnson, and assessing the damages of Garry Johnson at $350,000 and of his wife at $25,000. We must reverse for a new trial.

The accident giving rise to this suit occurred at 4:00 a.m. on April 14, 1982, when appellee...

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