CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 538184
...Appellant Ellis was the driver and Appellant Zeigler was a passenger in a vehicle which was stopped by Officer Brownfield, an officer with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, because he was unable to see the vehicle's license tag, in violation of section 320.13(4), Florida Statutes (2003)....
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CopyCited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
...It is undisputed that Gerlach as a dealer was able to purchase and did purchase the dealer's tag in question and *491 furnished same to McGraw for his unrestricted use on the automobile involved in the instant accident. Plaintiff urges liability as a matter of law upon Gerlach by reason of those provisions of F.S. § 320.13, F.S.A., which provide that same shall be valid for use on motor vehicles owned by the registered dealer to whom such tag was issued and while being operated in connection with such dealer's business....
...sesame for the unfettered operation of a motor vehicle on the public highways), lawfully usable only on "motor vehicles owned by the registered dealer to whom such tag was issued and while being operated in connection with such dealers' business" (F.S. 320.13, F.S.A.), is not vicariously liable for the negligent operation of an automobile which is not only not owned by the holder of such license but is with the knowledge and abetment of the licensee unlawfully operated without limitation of use on the public highways under the apparent authority of such license....
...Any other rule would be against public policy, would encourage fraudulent and illegal deceptions on those engaged in enforcing the traffic laws of the State and deprive the public of the protection which these laws are intended to extend to those using the public highways." (Emphasis supplied.) F.S. Section 320.13, F.S.A., contains simple and explicit requirements with respect to the use of dealer's license plates, and the uncontested proofs in the case on review reflect that the defendant dealer, Gerlach, permitted its salesman, defendant *496...
...time of the accident; and I would further hold under the circumstances of this case that Gerlach is estopped to deny that the automobile was being used for Gerlach's business purposes at the time of the accident. I therefore dissent. NOTES [1] See F.S. 320.13, F.S.A....
...[12] Lambert v. Johnson,
109 So.2d 187 (Fla.App.1st, 1959). [13] Wolfe v. City of Miami,
103 Fla. 774,
134 So. 539,
137 So. 892 (1931). [14] Reese v. Reamore, 292 N.Y. 292, 55 N.E.2d 35 (1944). [15] Eggerding v. Bicknell, 20 N.J. 106, 118 A.2d 820 (1955). [1] Section
320.13, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., provides in part: "Dealers' tags provided in this chapter shall be valid for use on motor vehicles owned by the registered dealer to whom such tag was issued and while being operated in connection with such d...
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CopyCited 2 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 1372731
...hicle. A circumstance similar to the facts of this case appears in Zeigler v. State,
922 So.2d 384 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006). In that case, an officer stopped the defendants' vehicle "because he was unable to see the vehicle's license tag, in violation of section
320.13(4), Florida Statutes (2003)." Id....
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