Legal Opinion

Hynds v. Thomas

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 26, 1989No. 88-02551PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DANAHY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final summary judgment entered in favor of the appellees, the defendants at trial. The summary judgment ended a lawsuit arising from a chain crash of automobiles in which the plaintiffs/appellants’ car was hit from behind by another car on the Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa. The trial judge grounded the summary judgment upon a finding that the appellees conclusively proved that their car was not the car which actually hit the appellants’ car. Since the fundamental issue is whether there was any negligence on the part of Deborah Thomas which…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wills v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1977
  2. DeJesus v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1973

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Lee v. Old Southern Trucking, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  2. Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Southeast Bank, N.A.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  3. Rupert v. State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992

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