Williams v. Groover

WALDEN, Judge.

This was a negligence suit where the trial court refused, upon request, to charge the jury as concerns F.S.1967, section 186.-0177, F.S.A., which is entitled “Driving while under the influence of liquor or drug.” The record reveals substantial competent evidence of a large consumption of alcoholic beverages by the operator of the motorcycle, the plaintiff, Groover, just prior to the collision in question. When the inferences arising from such consumption are coupled with the evidence of his conduct just before, during and after the collision, a jury question was presented and it…