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MAHONEY v. LA RUSSO

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
May 31, 1960
120 So. 2d 660 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1960)

Opinion

No. 1348.

May 4, 1960. Rehearing Denied May 31, 1960.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Palm Beach County, Joseph S. White, J.

Jones, Adams, Paine Foster, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

O'Connell Cooper, West Palm Beach, for appellees.


This action was instituted by Appellees seeking damages for the death of their minor son while riding as a guest passenger in the automobile of the Defendant. A judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs was entered and the Defendant appealed.

The appeal turns solely on the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the charge of gross negligence on the part of the driver of the automobile. We find that the evidence of negligence was sufficient in degree to justify fully the action of the trial court in submitting the question to the jury.

Under the doctrine re-enunciated in Carraway v. Revell, Fla., 116 So.2d 16, the judgment of the lower court is affirmed.

Affirmed.

ALLEN, C.J., and SHANNON, J., concur.


Summaries of

MAHONEY v. LA RUSSO

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
May 31, 1960
120 So. 2d 660 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1960)
Case details for

MAHONEY v. LA RUSSO

Case Details

Full title:FLORENCE T. MAHONEY, APPELLANT, v. ANDREW LA RUSSO AND ANNA LARUSSO, HIS…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: May 31, 1960

Citations

120 So. 2d 660 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1960)