Case Name: Ulysee MAXIE, Appellant, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Virginia Corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1970-12-02
Citations: 241 So. 2d 447
Docket Number: No. 70-342
Parties: Ulysee MAXIE, Appellant, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Virginia Corporation, Appellee.
Judges: HOBSON, C. J., and PIERCE and McNULTY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 241
Pages: 447–447

Head Matter:
Ulysee MAXIE, Appellant, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Virginia Corporation, Appellee.
No. 70-342.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Dec. 2, 1970.
Herb Blessing, Bradenton, for appellant.
Ralph C. Dell of Allen, Dell, Frank & Trinkle, Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Plaintiff in this negligence action appeals from a directed verdict entered in favor of Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company. We must reverse.
The record discloses ample evidence from which a jury could have found the railroad negligent. The only remaining question was whether appellant was contributorily negligent, proximately contributing to his injury. Again, the record shows favorable inferences and unresolved issues of material fact bearing on contributory negligence. As has been repeatedly held, the jury is the proper arbiter of such matters.
Accordingly, the judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded for a new trial.
HOBSON, C. J., and PIERCE and McNULTY, JJ., concur.
. See, e. g., Carter v. Parker (Fla.App.1966), 183 So.2d 3; Quinn v. I. C. Helmly Furniture Company (Fla.App.1962), 141 So.2d 302; Foster v. Gulfstream Press, Inc. (Fla.App.1961), 134 So.2d 270.