RAMOS v. AMBU-CAR OF DADE COUNTY

No. 93-694.

627 So.2d 1255 (1993)

Maria RAMOS, Appellant, v. AMBU-CAR OF DADE COUNTY, INC., a Florida Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hornsby, Sacher, Zelman and Stanton, and Michael Audie, Angones, Hunter, McClure, Lynch & Williams, and Christopher J. Lynch, Miami, for appellant.

Womack & Bass, and Sergio M. Cabanas, Miami, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, LEVY and GERSTEN, JJ.


GERSTEN, Judge.

Appellant, Maria Ramos (Ramos), appeals an order reducing a jury's award of her damages in a personal injury action.1 We reverse.

Ramos, a passenger in appellee's van, sustained injuries when the van stopped suddenly to avoid an accident. Ramos, who did not have her seat belt fastened, was thrown from her seat, knocked unconscious and suffered various physical injuries.

At trial, appellee asserted two defenses...

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