Legal Opinion

Robinson v. Great Southern Trucking Co.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 8, 1957PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

In this case the appellant claimed damages in a substantial amount for the death of her husband which she alleged had resulted from the negligence of the driver of appellee’s truck by parking the vehicle partially on a highway without lights and causing a collision with the truck by a car in which the husband was travelling as a guest.

In the answer were denials of “[e]ach and every” allegation of the complaint except ownership and use of the truck by the defendant. Many affirmative defenses were presented. It was averred that the plaintiff’s husband and the driver of the car…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Groover v. WalkerSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
  2. Yost v. Miami Transit Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1953
  3. Wilson v. BachrachSupreme Court of Florida · 1953

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Lawyers Title Insurance Corp. v. Jdc (America) Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
  2. State v. GordonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
  3. Johnson v. City of Fort LauderdaleDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

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