Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1976

Port Everglades Terminal Co. v. Transport Insurance Co.

Port Everglades Terminal Co. v. Transport Insurance Co.
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 13, 1976 · Andrews, Downey, John, Walden
336 So. 2d 443 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Port Everglades Terminal Co. v. Transport Insurance Co.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

DOWNEY, J., and ANDREWS, JOHN, Associate Judge, concur. WALDEN, C. J., dissents with opinion.

Dissenting Opinion

WALDEN, Chief Judge

(dissenting):

It is my view that the judgment in favor of plaintiffs should be reversed and remanded for a new trial. This is a negligence case. The trial court directed a verdict in favor of plaintiffs as a matter of law. I feel that this was error because from the facts, circumstances and allowable inferences there was a negligence question as concerns plaintiffs’ conduct which could only be properly resolved by the jury. This was appellant’s first point.

As to appellant’s second point suggesting that the proceedings impermissibly made possible a double recovery so as to constitute error, I agree. However, appellant either contributed to or acquiesced in such trial errors and did not preserve the matters for appellate review. Thus, I am of the opinion that this point would not be sufficient to warrant reversal.

With this, I respectfully dissent from the majority decision to affirm, and would reverse and remand for a new trial.

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