Tampa Sand & Material Co. v. Johnson

SMITH, FRANK A., Associate Judge.

This was an action for damages against defendants, the corporation as owner and the individual driver of a motor vehicle which injured the plaintiff. The appeal is from an order granting a new trial after a verdict in favor of defendants. The parties are referred to herein as they stood in the trial court.

The grounds upon which the motion was granted were the stock grounds of contrary to the evidence, contrary to the law and evidence and “That the court erred in instructing the jury on the subject of workmen’s compensation.”

We will first deal with the last…