Case ID: so2d_450/html/0296-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Jose F. CARAGOL, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sylvia Caragol, deceased, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Florida Department of Insurance, Appellees.
    No. 83-1575.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    May 8, 1984.
    Rehearing Denied June 11, 1984.
    Rudolph Browd, Miami, for appellant.
    Richard M. Dunn and Christine R. Tray-nor, Miami, for appellees.
    Before BASKIN, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

We affirm the judgment under review upon a holding that the jury’s verdict expressly finding the defendant-appellee not negligent rendered harmless the error, if any, in the court’s instructions pertaining to the comparative negligence of the plaintiff. Swindell v. Hellkamp, 242 So.2d 708 (Fla.1970); McArthur v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, 306 So.2d 575 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975). Accord, Zerwal v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 332 So.2d 645 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).

Affirmed.