Case Name: Jose F. CARAGOL, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sylvia Caragol, deceased, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Florida Department of Insurance, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-05-08
Citations: 450 So. 2d 296
Docket Number: No. 83-1575
Parties: Jose F. CARAGOL, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sylvia Caragol, deceased, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Florida Department of Insurance, Appellees.
Judges: Before BASKIN, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 450
Pages: 296–296

Head Matter:
Jose F. CARAGOL, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sylvia Caragol, deceased, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Florida Department of Insurance, Appellees.
No. 83-1575.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 8, 1984.
Rehearing Denied June 11, 1984.
Rudolph Browd, Miami, for appellant.
Richard M. Dunn and Christine R. Tray-nor, Miami, for appellees.
Before BASKIN, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the judgment under review upon a holding that the jury's verdict expressly finding the defendant-appellee not negligent rendered harmless the error, if any, in the court's instructions pertaining to the comparative negligence of the plaintiff. Swindell v. Hellkamp, 242 So.2d 708 (Fla.1970); McArthur v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, 306 So.2d 575 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975). Accord, Zerwal v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 332 So.2d 645 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).
Affirmed.