ANNIE MAE GREEN, PETITIONER,

v.

CITY CAB COMPANY OF ORLANDO, INC., RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Barcelo v. The Est. OF Silvia E. Nelson, 694 So. 2d 91 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)
  …nnection between incident causing injury and negligent act by defendant); see also City Cab Co. of Orlando v. Green, 308 So. 2d 540, 541 (Fla. 4th DCA) (“[Njegligence may not be inferred from the mere happening of an accident alone.”), cert. denied, 321 So. 2d 554 (Fla.1975). In reversing the trial court’s order, the court relies upon Rio Seco v. Alfred Meyers Trucking, Inc., 208 So. 2d 265 (Fla. 3d DCA 1968). In Rio Seco, however, there was testimony that “each driver stopped at a governing stop sign and th…
• Peterson v. Cent. Fla. Reg'l Transp., 769 So. 2d 418 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000)
  …enger. This does not in and of itself establish negligence without evidence of an omission or commission of an act which was the proximate cause of the plaintiffs injuries. See City Cab Co. v. Green, 308 So. 2d 540, 543 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied, 321 So. 2d 554 (Fla.1975)(inference that taxi driver was distracted by female passenger in front seat did not constitute “inferable negligence” when no evidence was presented as to why driver applied his brakes). Moreover, there was no evidence that the driver was…

Authorities Cited

• City CAB Co. OF Orlando, Inc. v. Green, 308 So. 2d 540 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975)