Bruce Kyle Emerson v. Kyle Michael Lambert

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2020-1311 ____________ BRUCE KYLE EMERSON, Petitioner, vs. KYLE MICHAEL LAMBERT, et al., Respondents. November 16, 2023 COURIEL, J. This is a case about an automobile accident involving a family car. How much the plaintiff can recover depends on the trial court’s application of Florida’s dangerous instrumentality doctrine. That century-old common-law rule of tort liability, as applied to traffic accidents, provides that “[t]he owners of automobiles in this state are bound to observe statutory regulations of their use, and assume liability…