Howard Niggles Pontiac-Buick, Inc. v. Brooks

The appellee Gerald L. Brooks, Jr., while a pedestrian on a public street in Miami Beach, sustained injuries when he was struck by a motor vehicle.

In this action for damages for personal injuries it was alleged the vehicle that struck the plaintiff, owned by Lehman-Eastern Auto Rentals, Inc., had been leased by it to the defendant Howard Niggles Pontiac-Buick, Inc., a foreign corporation, and at the time in question was being driven by one Mark Berman with the consent of said lessee thereof. Substituted service was made upon the non-resident Niggles corporation in the manner provided for in §…