Otero v. The Am. Auto. Ass'n

Full title: Roy Otero, et al., Appellants, v. The American Automobile Association…

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Third District

Date published: Mar 6, 2024

No. 3D23-0308 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Mar. 6, 2024)

Opinion

3D23-0308

03-06-2024

Roy Otero, et al., Appellants, v. The American Automobile Association (Incorporated) and Auto Club Group, Inc., Appellees.

Panter, Panter & Sampedro, P.A., Joshua L. Wintle, and David Sampedro, for appellants. Milber, Makris, Plousadis & Seiden, LLP, Crystal L. Arocha, and Michael J. Lynott, for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Lower Tribunal No. 22-950 William Thomas, Judge.

Panter, Panter & Sampedro, P.A., Joshua L. Wintle, and David Sampedro, for appellants.

Milber, Makris, Plousadis & Seiden, LLP, Crystal L. Arocha, and Michael J. Lynott, for appellees.

Before LOGUE, C.J., and FERNANDEZ and LINDSEY, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See McCain v. Fla. Power Corp., 593 So.2d 500, 503 (Fla. 1992) ("[D]uty exists as a matter of law and is not a factual question for the jury to decide."); Jenkins v. W.L. Roberts, Inc., 851 So.2d 781,783 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003) ("The duty element of negligence is a threshold legal question; if no legal duty exists, then no action for negligence may lie.").