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.
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.").