Case Name: Adam REIVER, Appellant, v. Leticia PAZ, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-12-05
Citations: 802 So. 2d 413
Docket Number: No. 3D00-2463
Parties: Adam REIVER, Appellant, v. Leticia PAZ, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 802
Pages: 413–414

Head Matter:
Adam REIVER, Appellant, v. Leticia PAZ, Appellee.
No. 3D00-2463.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 5, 2001.
Luis E. Ordóñez & Associates and Frances F. Guasch, for appellant.
Arthur J. Morburger, Miami, for appel-lee.
Before JORGENSON, LEVY, and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Adam Reiver, the defendant below in a rear-end automobile collision case, appeals from an order granting a motion for directed verdict, and following submission of the cause to the jury, entry of judgment notwithstanding that jury's verdict. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
The jury reasonably concluded that the evidence and testimony rebutted the presumption of negligence "that attaches to the rear driver in a rear-end collision . in cases where the lead driver sues the rear driver." Clampitt v. D.J. Spencer Sales, 786 So.2d 570, 572 (Fla.2001). In setting aside that verdict, the court impermissibly acted as "a seventh juror with veto power." See Edwards v. Orkin Exterminating Co., 718 So.2d 881, 883 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998) (citations omitted).
Reversed and remanded with directions to reinstate the jury verdict.