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OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP. v. TERWILLIGER

No. 91-1441.

599 So.2d 130 (1992)

OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Richard E. TERWILLIGER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Thomas Collins, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and Larry L. Simms, and Mark Snyderman, Washington, D.C., and Blackwell & Walker, and James E. Tribble, Miami, for appellant.

Bruce Rogow, Fort Lauderdale, and David Lipman, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and GERSTEN, JJ.

GERSTEN, Judge.

Appellant, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (Owens-Corning), appeals a final judgment in favor of Thomas Collins (Collins). We reverse.

The issue presented for review is whether the trial court erred in giving Florida Standard Jury Instruction 5.1(b), concerning "concurring cause", without also giving Florida Standard Jury Instruction 5.1(a), which defines "legal cause".

Florida's standard jury instructions on legal cause and concurring...

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