Ferran Engineering Group, Inc. v. Reid

HARRIS, Judge.

The issue at trial was whether Ferran Engineering Group, Inc. was the beneficial *1308owner of the vehicle being driven by Collins at the time of the collision in which Gordon Reid was injured. On the evidence submitted to the jury, the jury could have found either that Ferran, the owner of record, was the beneficiar owner because the sale was not completed, or that Collins, Ferran’s employee, was the beneficial owner because the sale of the vehicle to Collins had been completed even though the title had not yet transferred under section 319.-22, Florida Statutes (1989) prior to the…