Case Name: FULTON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY OF FLORIDA, a corporation, Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF EAU GALLIE, a banking corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1974-10-04
Citations: 301 So. 2d 116
Docket Number: No. 73-922
Parties: FULTON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY OF FLORIDA, a corporation, Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF EAU GALLIE, a banking corporation, Appellee.
Judges: CROSS and DOWNEY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 301
Pages: 116–117

Head Matter:
FULTON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY OF FLORIDA, a corporation, Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF EAU GALLIE, a banking corporation, Appellee.
No. 73-922.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 4, 1974.
Edna L. Caruso, of Howell, Kirby, Montgomery, D’Aiuto, Dean & Hallowes, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Eli H. Subin, of Subin, Shams & Rosen-bluth, Orlando, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Upon review of the record on appeal and after consideration of the briefs and oral arguments for the respective parties, we determine that the trial court's erroneous instruction to the jury concerning comparative negligence constituted error harmful to the appellant-plaintiff, Fulton Distributing Company of Florida. The trial court was required to instruct the jury on the rule of comparative negligence as delineated- in Hoffman v. Jones, 280 So.2d 431 (Fla.1973). Accordingly, the judgment in favor of the appellee-defendant, First National Bank of Eau Gallie, is reversed and the cause remanded for new trial.
Reversed and remanded.
CROSS and DOWNEY, JJ., concur.
OWEN, C. J., dissents with opinion.