· 7/26/1985
Mason v. New
Citations
- 475 So. 2d 854
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that evidence of a driver’s lack of a license and three-time failure of her driver’s test prior to the accident, “although not conclusive, was probative of her possible inexperience and lack of skill”
- suggesting incident’s remoteness in time reduces its weight in competence analysis
- also holding that the lack of a driver's license, when combined with other evidence of a driver's lack of skill, is probative evidence of incompetence in a negligent entrustment claim.
- lack of a license is probative of driver's incompetence in negligent entrustment action
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Judges: Faulkner
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