Central Taxi Service, Inc. v. Greenberg

SCHWARTZ, Judge.

While crossing a street on Miami Beach, Regina Greenberg was struck and seriously injured by a Central Taxi Service, Inc. cab driven by Salamon Candiotti. The ensuing trial contained, predictably enough, wildly conflicting evidence concerning the circumstances of and responsibility for the accident. At its conclusion, the court routinely submitted to the jury the standard comparative negligence-special interrogatory verdict form contained in Florida Standard Jury Instructions, Model Charge No. 1. When the jury initially returned to the courtroom, it had answered only three of…