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Garcia v. Florida Downs Turf Club, Inc.

Supreme Court of Florida
May 29, 1974
295 So. 2d 294 (Fla. 1974)

Opinion

No. 44689.

May 29, 1974.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Hillsborough County; James A. Lenfestey, Judge.

Richard Nichols, Nichols Nichols, and Robert Orseck, Podhurst, Orseck Parks, Miami, for appellant.

Charles W. Pittman, MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison Kelly, Tampa, for Florida Downs and Turf Club, Inc.

Calvin A. Pope, Tampa, for Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co.


This cause is before us on direct appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court in and for Hillsborough County dismissing appellant's complaint for wrongful death damages. The judgment of the trial court is reversed on the authority of McKibben v. Mallory, 293 So.2d 48 (Fla. 1974), and Davis v. Johnson et al., 293 So.2d 56 (Fla. 1974), and this cause is remanded to the trial court to reinstate appellant's complaint and to proceed in accordance with this Court's recent decisions in McKibben, supra, and Davis, supra.

It is so ordered.

ADKINS, C.J., and ROBERTS, ERVIN, BOYD and McCAIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Garcia v. Florida Downs Turf Club, Inc.

Supreme Court of Florida
May 29, 1974
295 So. 2d 294 (Fla. 1974)
Case details for

Garcia v. Florida Downs Turf Club, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:JANICE GARCIA, AS WIFE OF FLOR GARCIA, DECEASED, APPELLANT, v. FLORIDA…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: May 29, 1974

Citations

295 So. 2d 294 (Fla. 1974)