Kreiger v. Crowley

PHILLIPS, CHARLES M., Jr., Associate Judge.

Appellant, defendant below, brings timely appeal from a final judgment on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff-appellee for personal injuries and property damage in the amount of $6,600.

This negligence case arose out of an automobile accident which occurred on the clear, dark night of October 4, 1963, at 1:50 A. M. on a two-lane, straight, level, State Road outside of Deerfield Beach, Florida.

The car, operated by the plaintiff-appel-lee, was traveling south at the speed limit ■of 45 m. p. h. He observed no traffic. Suddenly he came upon the…