Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2001

Copeland v. UTDC Transit Services, Inc.

Copeland v. UTDC Transit Services, Inc.
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 5, 2001 · Cope, Fletcher, Schwartz
788 So. 2d 401; 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 9164; 2001 WL 746923 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Copeland v. UTDC Transit Services, Inc.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Martin v. Rivers, 72 So.2d 789, 791-92 (Fla. 1954) (The operator of the train “had the right, from the facts in the record here, to believe that the deceased was in possession of his faculties and his normal senses, and that with all of the signals of danger, the extent of which were almost overwhelming, he would not walk directly into the path of a moving train.”).

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