Florida East Coast Ry. Co. v. Carter

This writ of error is to a judgment for $15,000.00 damages for personal injuries. A previous judgment for $12,500.00 was reversed, because of an erroneous and apparently harmful charge given to the jury. Florida East Coast Ry. Co. v. Carter, 67 Fla. 335, 65 South. Rep. 254. A new trial was awarded to determine the liability of the defendant as well as the recoverable damages, if any, there being evidence tending to show negligence on the part of the plaintiff, which, under the statute, the jury might regard, if found to exist, as affecting the liability of the defendant, or as affecting *154merely…