May v. Crounse

Full title: CAROL E. MAY, ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. DON G. CROUNSE, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: May 19, 1992

598 So. 2d 303 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

Opinion

No. 91-1323.

May 19, 1992.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Robert P. Kaye, J.

Gordon Michelson, Cooper Wolfe, Sharon Wolfe and Linda G. Katsin, Miami, for appellants.

Arthur J. Morburger, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and LEVY, JJ.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The summary judgment entered below is affirmed on the principle that a landowner is under no duty to keep an abutting sidewalk free of accumulated leaves, sap, algae or any other natural obstruction. Strong v. Richfield Agency, Inc., 460 N.W.2d 106 (Minn.App. 1990); Restatement (Second) of Torts § 349 (1965); see Sullivan v. Silver Palm Properties, Inc., 558 So.2d 409 (Fla. 1990); Gallo v. Heller, 512 So.2d 215 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987); Richmond v. General Engineering Enters., 454 So.2d 16 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Ponte v. DaSilva, 388 Mass. 1008, 446 N.E.2d 77 (1983).