Deel Motors, Inc. v. Carrington

GREEN, ROBERT A., Jr., Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, appellee, in an action for damages. The question presented by the appellant is: Is a new unregistered station wagon that is taken out of a car dealership for a test drive a “motor vehicle” as defined by Fla.Stat. § 627.732(1).-

Defendant Horowitz went to defendant new car dealer and was shopping for a new car. The salesman told him to take a station wagon for a test drive if he liked, *812and Horowitz did. While he was stopped at a traffic light, his foot slipped onto the accelerator by accident and…