Legal Opinion · Dissent

Crystal Sells, as Personal, etc. v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 6, 2015No. 1D13-4775Published

1Dissent

SWANSON, J„

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent. In my view, CSX owed Mr. Sells a duty to act with reasonable care under the circumstances, and competent substantial evidence supports the jury’s verdict that CSX breached that duty of care. Therefore, I would reverse the trial court’s post-verdict order granting the motion for directed verdict. Having so decided, I must also address the second point raised by appellant and not addressed by the majority, that being whether the trial court erred by allowing *40the jury to consider whether Mr. Sells was comparatively at fault. On that point, for the…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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