Smyth v. Infrastructure Corp. of America

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Kay Y. Smyth, as personal representative of the Estate of Edward E. Smyth, Jr., appeals a summary final judgment in favor of Infrastructure Corporation of America (ICA) and the Florida Department of Transportation (DOT). This case involves a tragic automobile accident in which Mr. Smyth died. As explained below, his Estate maintains that the accident *906was caused by the negligence of the operator of a large mowing tractor, who was driving in the fast lane of an interstate highway at less than 30 miles per hour at 9:00 p.m. in November, long after sunset. The tractor was owned…