Smith v. Johnson

LILES, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, defendant below, brings this appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of appellee, plaintiff below.

Plaintiff was injured when struck by defendant’s automobile and brought an action seeking damages therefor. The accident occurred on February 25, 1964, at approximately 8:30 p.m. Defendant was traveling west along Walsingham Road in Pinellas County within the legal speed limit. He blinked his headlights from low beam to high beam and back to low beam and proceeded to pass the automobile in front of him. Defendant estimated that it…