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POWELL v. GOLDNER

No. 84-2729.

483 So.2d 468 (1986)

Lindeerth POWELL, Chyrell Joan Powell, Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Appellants, v. David GOLDNER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talburt, Kubicki, Bradley & Draper and Betsy E. Gallagher, Miami, for appellants.

Keyfetz, Poses & Halpern and Mark Poses and Andrea R. Baron, Miami, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

In the present case, the defendants urge that a statement from the Florida Driver's Handbook read to the jurors by an accident reconstruction expert called by the plaintiff was wrongfully admitted in that it misstated the law in Florida.1 The objectionable statement read:

"The motorist's responsibility is greater than the pedestrian's. A motor vehicle with its greater weight and speed and destructiveness...

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