Hill v. Allstate Insurance

BARKDULL, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Terry Hill (a minor) and his mother, Katie Mae Hill, appeal from a final judgment on a jury verdict, entered in favor of the defendants, Allstate Insurance Co. and Merritt Alonso Sims.

The appellants contend it was error to allow the investigating police officer to testify concerning what plaintiff, Terry Hill, told him, in that such statements made by Hill at the scene of the accident fall within the “accident report” privilege afforded by Section 316.066, Florida Statutes (1977), which provides that “No such report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil…