Ogle v. Florida Trailer Transport, Inc.

SIDNEY L. SEGALL, Judge.

Judgment is rendered for the defendant. The evidence is legally insufficient to establish liability.

Plaintiffs seek to recover for damages sustained by their trailer while it was being towed by a tractor owned and operated by the defendant carrier.

The evidence discloses that one of the tires on plaintiffs’ trailer blew out while it was being towed, causing damage to the trailer’s carriage. Further, that both of the plaintiffs and the defendant’s driver had knowledge of the defects in the tires on the trailer at the beginning of the trip on Tamiami Trail.

Defendant…