Resnick v. National Car Rental Systems, Inc.

Plaintiff seeks review of an adverse final judgment rendered pursuant to a jury verdict in a pedestrian personal injury case.

The accident occurred at the intersection of 17th Street and Washington Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida when plaintiff, an eighty year old woman, attempted to cross the street and was struck by defendants’ automobile. Both parties allege they were given the right of way in the intersection by the favorable traffic signal. Defendant, exercising reasonable care, was law*75fully proceeding east on 17th Street and was halfway through the intersection when he saw plaintiff…