Stiles ex rel. Stiles v. Calvetto

As the result of an action for damages brought by plaintiffs for injuries alleged to have been sustained by a minor pedestrian aged between 6 and 7 years, the jury returned a verdict for defendants. The accident occurred on a bridge between the town of Cocoa and Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, and the automobile by which the minor plaintiff was alleged to have been injured was owned by appellee Horrell and driven by appellee Calvetto.

There is no contention on appeal that the verdict is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence; the attack is instead directed against the trial judge’s…