Opinion
No. 3D19-122
11-13-2019
Nilda GARCIA, Appellant, v. PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC., Appellee.
Law Offices of Alan Anchell, P.A., and Alan C. Anchell (Fort Lauderdale); Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., and Bard D. Rockenbach and Jeffrey V. Mansell (West Palm Beach), for appellant. Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.L., and Edward G. Guedes and Eric S. Kay, Coral Gables, for appellee.
Law Offices of Alan Anchell, P.A., and Alan C. Anchell (Fort Lauderdale); Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., and Bard D. Rockenbach and Jeffrey V. Mansell (West Palm Beach), for appellant.
Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.L., and Edward G. Guedes and Eric S. Kay, Coral Gables, for appellee.
Before EMAS, C.J., and SCALES and LOBREE, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
After a fall in a Publix supermarket, appellant Nilda Garcia sued appellee Publix Super Markets, Inc. for negligence, alleging that a liquid substance on an aisle floor caused her fall. After the jury returned a verdict in favor of Publix, the trial court entered a final judgment for Publix.
We affirm the judgment. We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion: (i) in denying Garcia's request for a special jury instruction. See H & H Electric, Inc. v. Lopez, 967 So. 2d 345, 347 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) ; and (ii) in allowing secondary evidence in the form of the testimony of a Publix employee who had viewed the unavailable surveillance video. See England v. State, 940 So. 2d 389, 400-01 (Fla. 2006).
Affirmed.