Legal Opinion

Eusebio M. Martinez, Father of Jacqueline M. Martinez, a Minor, Deceased v. Jose Rodriquez and Antonio Rodriquez, D/B/A Ingram Court Apartments

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 4, 1968No. 24319PublishedCited by 221 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

The main issue presented in this case is whether a father who sues under Florida Stat. 768.03, F.S.A. to recover damages for the death of his minor daughter is completely barred from recovery by the contributory negligence of the child’s mother in which he did not, and could not participate, since the father was out of the country at the time of the accident and had never even seen his child.

Although there are other and peripheral problems on which we can and do readily pass, this critical issue 1 is one which should be certified to the Supreme Court of Florida…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Clay v. Sun Ins. Office Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Clay v. Sun Insurance Office, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Sun Insurance Office, Limited v. ClaySupreme Court of Florida · 1961
  4. Edwin Green, Jr., as Administrator of the Estate of Edwin Green, Deceased, and Mary Green v. American Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  5. Life Insurance Company of Virginia v. ShiffletSupreme Court of Florida · 1967

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3Cited by221 opinions

  1. Parker v. AmersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
  2. Boardman v. United Services Auto. Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Kincaid v. MangumWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1993
  4. James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  5. Charline Hamilton, Administratrix of the Estate of Carey Clayton Yates v. Jess ChaffinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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