Legal Opinion
Dynair Tech of Florida, Inc. v. Cayman Airways Ltd.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 5, 1989No. Nos. 89-4, 89-201PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REVISED OPINION
2Per curiam
This is an appeal by the defendant Dy-nair Tech of Florida, Inc., f/k/a Airtech Service, Inc., from a final judgment based on an adverse jury verdict in a negligence and breach of bailment action arising out the destruction of the bailed aircraft owned by the plaintiff Cayman Airways Limited. We reverse for a new trial based on the following briefly stated legal analysis.
First, we conclude that the trial court committed reversible error in instructing the jury that the defendant, as the bailee of the subject aircraft, was:
“presumed to be negligent if he cannot explain the…
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