Corum v. Warren

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment notwithstanding verdict entered in favor of the plaintiff below, appellee herein, as to the issue of liability only.

The facts are: the plaintiff had stopped his car at a red stop light on a street in Jacksonville, Florida, and was in the driving lane nearest the curb. The defendant was in the inside or “fast” driving lane on the same street and going the same direction. When she approached the stop signal, in some manner, her car did not stop but ran into the back of plaintiff’s car, causing the property and physical damage complained of.…