OWENS v. JACKSON

No. BG-180.

493 So.2d 507 (1986)

Clarence B. OWENS, As Duly Appointed and Acting Personal Representative of the Estate of Maxine Owens, Deceased, Appellant, v. Royce V. JACKSON, M.D., and Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry P. Lewis, and George H. Gwynn, of Oven, Gwynn & Lewis, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Rainey C. Booth, of Booth and Walborsky, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellees.


NIMMONS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a directed verdict in favor of the defendant and against the two plaintiffs (children of the deceased) in a wrongful death action. We reverse.

This case arose out of the death of Maxine Owens on May 11, 1976. Clarence Owens, the deceased's husband and personal representative of the estate, brought a wrongful death action on behalf of the estate, himself, and the deceased's two youngest children, Nyama and Annette. The...

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