Powell v. Goldner

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

In the present case, the defendants urge that a statement from the Florida Driver’s Handbook read to the jurors by an accident reconstruction expert called by the plaintiff was wrongfully admitted in that it misstated the law in Florida.1 The objectionable statement read:

“The motorist’s responsibility is greater than the pedestrian’s. A motor vehicle with its greater weight and speed and destructiveness may kill or cripple anyone it hits. Sometimes the pedestrian does the thoughtless or foolish thing. In spite of this, if you have the vehicle under control at all…