Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Keilen

HENDRY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by defendants from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, as executrix, in the sum of $501 and for the plaintiff, a widow, in the sum of $86,000 against both defendants in actions which were consolidated for purposes of trial and appeal.

The action arose out of a collision at a railroad crossing between defendant, Florida East Coast Railway Company, and a car owned by defendant, Broward Auto Rental, Inc. The plaintiff sued both defendants in her own right for the wrongful death of her husband, who was a passenger in the automobile,…