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81 Fla. 780

Varga v. Marcus Conant Co.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 2, 1921

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1921-06-02

<p>A Writ of Error-to the Circuit Court for Duval County; George Cou-per -Gibbs, Judge.</p>

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 1958

3 state decisions

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Affirmed · Decided 1921-06-02

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Per Curiam.

¶1Varga brought an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligent operation of an automobile ambulance while the plaintiff was riding a bicycle ahead of and going in the same direction as was the automobile ambulance, on a street in the City of Jacksonville, Florida. There were verdict and judgment for the defendant and the plaintiff took writ of error.

¶2A careful consideration of the transcript discloses sufficient evidence to sustain the verdict, and no material errors of law or of procedure.

¶3The court charged the jury that “if, in your investigation, you find for the plaintiff in this case, the measure of damages is for compensation for injury that the plaintiff may show to have been inflicted; and in arriving at that compensation, you are entitled to take into consideration such mental and physical pain and suffering as plaintiff may have sustained because of said injury, the age of plaintiff, his sex and race.”

¶4It does not appear that the nature of the tort alleged and its consequences. involved any consideration of the plaintiff’s sex or race, and that portion of the quoted charge should not have been given; but as the charge relates solely to the measure of damages should liability be found, and as the defendant was found not' guilty, the *782error in the charge as to the measure of damages was harmless, and not material.

¶5Affirmed.

¶6All concur.

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