JOANNE ETHRIDGE, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Compania Dominicana de Aviacion & Underwriters at Lloyds v. Knapp, 251 So. 2d 18 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971)
  …ppellants for reversal deal with awards to children younger than the deceased here, and many of these cases date between 1913 and the early 1940’s. Two cases in particular merit discussion. First, Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. v. Gay, Fla.App.1967, 201 So. 2d 238, affirmed an award of $80,-000.00 for the death of a minor child, aged 12, to the surviving mother alone. This case was the largest verdict for the death of a minor child approved by a Florida appellate court. In Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company v…
• Smith v. Laskey, 222 So. 2d 773 (Fla. 4th DCA 1969)
  …the record and are of the opinion that there was ample evidence to support the jury’s findings. See Holland Paving Co. v. Dann, Fla.App.1964, 169 So. 2d 849 (cert. dismissed Fla., 173 So. 2d 145); Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. v. Gay, Fla.App.1967, 201 So. 2d 238. We consider the trial court to have abused its discretion in granting a new trial and therefore reverse in number 1652 with directions to reinstate the verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $31,200.00. With regard to the Wrongful Death of Minor’…

Authorities Cited

• Mangel v. State, 179 So. 2d 888 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965)