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McCabe v. Florida Power Light Co.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Oct 12, 1988
531 So. 2d 360 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

No. 87-3042.

September 6, 1988. Rehearing Denied October 12, 1988.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Maria M. Korvick, J.

Leesfield Blackburn and Ian G. Osur, Herzfeld Rubin and Judy D. Shapiro, Miami, for appellants.

Aimee D. Stein, Miami, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


The Final Summary Judgment in favor of the defendant, Florida Power and Light Company, is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings. The defendant contractually undertook to furnish, inter alia, adequate lighting to employees of Bechtel Power Corporation working on equipment at the defendant's Turkey Point power plant. A genuine issue of material fact exists concerning the claim by the plaintiff, Joseph McCabe, an employee of Bechtel, that the defendant negligently failed to carry out its duty when it failed to repair the permanent lighting at the worksite, and this, through an arguably foreseeable chain of events, led McCabe to fall in a dark area while attempting to plug in disconnected temporary lighting.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.


Summaries of

McCabe v. Florida Power Light Co.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Oct 12, 1988
531 So. 2d 360 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)
Case details for

McCabe v. Florida Power Light Co.

Case Details

Full title:JOSEPH McCABE AND NANCY McCABE, APPELLANTS, v. FLORIDA POWER LIGHT…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Oct 12, 1988

Citations

531 So. 2d 360 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

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