Case Name: Murlene S. YOUNGBLOOD, etc., Appellant, v. COMBINED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-09-29
Citations: 337 So. 2d 834
Docket Number: No. 76-84
Parties: Murlene S. YOUNGBLOOD, etc., Appellant, v. COMBINED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Appellee.
Judges: McNULTY, C. J., and SCHWARTZ, ALAN R., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 337
Pages: 834–835

Head Matter:
Murlene S. YOUNGBLOOD, etc., Appellant, v. COMBINED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Appellee.
No. 76-84.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Sept. 29, 1976.
R. Justin Marshall, Palmetto, for appellant.
Clyde C: Goebel, of Grimes, Goebel, Parry, Blue & Boylston, Bradenton, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
HOBSON, Judge.
Appellant brings to us for review a final summary judgment entered in favor of ap-pellee. Appellant, wife of deceased, was named as the sole beneficiary under a policy issued to the decedent in the amount of $1,500 if the decedent were fatally injured if struck "on a public highway, by any moving vehicle."
The decedent was struck by a moving vehicle and fatally injured while standing on a public sidewalk a few feet from a public highway. The highway and sidewalk were not separated by any curb but merged on the same level.
In National Casualty Co. v. Zmijewski, 1940, 143 Fla. 285, 196 So. 587, the factual situation was strikingly similar to that in the instant case. The decedent therein was actually standing on private property when fatally injured. In that case it was held that it was a question of fact as to whether or not the location where the decedent was fatally injured was used by the public as part of the highway. The record in the instant case shows that a genuine issue of material fact exists in the light of the National Casualty case. Therefore, the summary judgment appealed is
REVERSED and the cause REMANDED.
McNULTY, C. J., and SCHWARTZ, ALAN R., Associate Judge, concur.