HOWELL v. WOODS

No. 85-937.

489 So.2d 154 (1986)

Warren HOWELL and Southeastern Fidelity Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Bennie WOODS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelley H. Leinicke of Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Joel T. Daves, III of Burdick & Daves, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GLICKSTEIN, Judge.

From a judgment, following the jury's award of $360,000 for damages which flowed from a novel accident, this appeal seeks reversal upon a number of grounds. We have considered and rejected all of the reasons for upsetting the award and for the trial court's failure to direct a verdict against the plaintiff. Accordingly, we affirm.

One issue warrants discussion, in our view. Both parties asked the trial court to instruct the jury with Florida...

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