McCollum v. Florida Power & Light Co.

PEARSON, Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from a final judgment which followed a jury verdict for the defendant in an action for wrongful death allegedly caused by negligent maintenance of a power line. All of the points raised by the appellant concerned the propriety of charges given or refused. The defendant has also filed cross-assignments of error directed to the court’s denial of its motion for directed verdict at the conclusion of all of the evidence.

The appellant has forcefully argued that she is entitled to a new trial because of the following paragraph from the court’s charge to the jury:

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