Opinion
Case No. 96-3886.
Opinion filed April 1, 1998. JANUARY TERM 1998.
Appeal and cross-appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; John A. Miller, Judge; L.T. Case No. 91-09070 (12).
Richard A. Sherman and Rosemary B. Wilder of Richard A. Sherman, P.A., and Glenda Goldlist of Thomas T. Grimmett, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant/cross-appellee.
Brian J. Glick of Glick Retamar, Boca Raton, and Jane Kreusler-Walsh of Jane Kreusler-Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee/cross-appellant.
We find error in the trial court's entry of a directed verdict on Appellant's seat belt defense. Appellant presented competent evidence from which a jury could conclude that Appellee was comparatively negligent. See Ridley v. Safety Kleen Corp., 693 So.2d 934 (Fla. 1996). Therefore, we reverse and remand for a new trial on liability and damages.
STONE, C.J., GUNTHER and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.