Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Hendrickson

SHANNON, Judge.

The appellant appeals from a final judgment rendered on March 13, 1965, in a death case where the jury entered a verdict of $137,000.00. The court denied a motion for new trial.

The appellee-plaintiff brought this action under the provisions of Fla.Stat., Secs. 768.01 and 768.02, F.S.A., for the recovery of damages for the death of her husband, Ronald Richard Hendrickson, on April 3, *1791964, as a result of a motor vehicle-train collision at the Huntington crossing in Putnam County, Florida. The case was tried on the issues of denial of negligence on the part of the defendant…