Court Opinion

ID: 7405035
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 02:18:58.555845+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:22:06.712300
License: Public Domain

DREW, Justice
(dissenting).
In Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Martin, Fla., 56 So.2d 509, we held that the lower court properly instructed the jury on the doctrine of the last clear chance. We further held that such doctrine applied even though the comparative negli*267gence rule was applicable. In that case we said, “the train almost missed the truck and the difference of a split second meant the difference between life and death.” The facts in this case are almost identical to the facts in the above quoted case. In my view, the charge was not only warranted but the denial of it was prejudicial to the plaintiff. I would reverse the judgment for a new trial.