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272 So. 2d 843

Docket No. 72-931.

Gavin v. Headley

Ethel GAVIN, Appellant, v. Duval A. HEADLEY and Charles Edward Tudor, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 12, 1973.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1973-02-12

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently May 1978

4 state decisions

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Decided 1973-02-12

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¶1Moore, Kessler, Sheradsky, Roth & Beckerman, Miami, for appellant.

¶2Chester E. Whittle, Jr., Boca Raton, for appellees.

¶3Before BARKDULL, C.J., and PEARSON and CHARLES CARROLL, JJ.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5This appeal is by the plaintiff below from a judgment entered on a jury verdict rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for damages for personal injuries resulting from an automobile accident. The appellant contends the trial court committed reversible error by refusing to give certain requested jury charges. Inasmuch as the record does not show the charges which were given by the court, we reject the contention. Refusal of a trial court to give a proper charge which is requested by a party will not constitute reversible error where the charges given by the court otherwise are adequate. 32 Fla. Jur., Trial §§ 151 and 152. The appellant's further contention, that the trial court erred in denying her motion for a directed verdict at the close of the evidence, is held to be without merit. Upon examination of the record we conclude that the court was eminently correct in ruling that upon the evidence presented the issues of negligence and proximate cause were questions for jury determination.

¶6Affirmed.

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