Case Name: Louis ELLIS and Vivian Ellis, Appellants, v. Paul HAM and Progressive American Insurance Company, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-12-11
Citations: 462 So. 2d 28
Docket Number: No. 84-1078
Parties: Louis ELLIS and Vivian Ellis, Appellants, v. Paul HAM and Progressive American Insurance Company, Appellees.
Judges: Before HUBBART, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 462
Pages: 28–28

Head Matter:
Louis ELLIS and Vivian Ellis, Appellants, v. Paul HAM and Progressive American Insurance Company, Appellees.
No. 84-1078.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 11, 1984.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 6, 1985.
Sneed & Messer, P.A. and Roger N. Mes-ser, Fort Pierce, for appellants.
Dewey H. Varner, Lake Worth, for ap-pellees.
Before HUBBART, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse upon a finding that although the evidence regarding the alcohol intake and blood alcohol level of Ellis, a passenger in an automobile at the time of an accident, was marginally relevant on the issue of credibility, it was inadmissible at trial because the danger of unfair prejudice substantially outweighed the probative value of the evidence. § 90.403, Fla.Stat. (1981).
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.