BURNS v. SMITH

No. 85-20.

476 So.2d 278 (1985)

Della BURNS and William H. Burns, Appellants, v. Ruth McLaughlin SMITH and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold S. Smith, II of Vega, Brown, Nichols, Stanley & Martin, Naples, for appellants.

Ronald L. Napier, Naples, John W. MacKay, Tampa, for appellees.


LEHAN, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Burns, appeal in this automobile accident case from a jury verdict assessing damages of $37,000 in favor of Mr. Burns and $5,000 in favor of Mrs. Burns and determining that Mr. Burns was seventy-five percent comparatively negligent for failing to wear his seat belt. We affirm.

Mr. Burns contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial because the evidence did not adequately support...

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