Ochoa v. Lopez

KEHOE, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendants, Eduardo Ochoa and Iowa Mutual Insurance Company (Iowa Mutual), of a final judgment awarding damages to appellee Fernando Lopez, plaintiff below, in a personal injury action arising from an automobile accident. The accident occurred when four young men were traveling home to Miami from college in North Carolina. Lopez was riding as a passenger in his own car at the time of the accident. His car was being driven by Ochoa whose negligence in causing the accident was uncontested at trial. Iowa Mutual was Lopez’s insurer. The only issues presented by…