Lewis v. Gauzens

This is an appeal by Gary T. Lewis and State Farm Insurance Company, defendants in the trial court, from a judgment on a jury verdict for members of the Easley family, plaintiffs, in an action arising out of a 1965 automobile accident in which Lewis struck the vehicle driven by Ralph Easley from behind on the Julia Tuttle Causeway. Ralph Easley’s wife Dorothy and their two children, Woody and Lucille, were passengers in the car.

The evidence showed that the accident, which occurred on the downslope of a bridge on the causeway, was precipitated by another collision near the base of the bridge.…