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Pearce v. Publix Supermarkets

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jun 26, 1996
675 So. 2d 710 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

No. 95-1921.

June 26, 1996.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Amy Steele Donner, Judge.

Arnold R. Ginsberg and Murray Yanks and Todd R. Schwartz, Miami, for appellants.

Pyszka, Kessler, Massey, Weldon, Catri, Holton Douberley and Cindy J. Mishcon and Lisa M. Connor, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, LEVY and GREEN, JJ.


We reverse the summary judgment entered in this slip and fall action where the record discloses a genuine triable issue of a material fact as to whether the alleged dangerous condition existed for a sufficient length of time so as to place the appellee on constructive notice thereof in exercise of ordinary care or that the condition occurred with sufficient regularity so as to be foreseeable. Montgomery v. Florida Jitney Jungle Stores, Inc., 281 So.2d 302, 303 (Fla. 1973); Dale v. ITT Sheraton Corp., 611 So.2d 594 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993); Brooks v. Phillip Watts Enters., Inc., 560 So.2d 339 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. denied, 567 So.2d 435 (Fla. 1990); Nance v. Winn Dixie Stores, Inc., 436 So.2d 1075 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), rev. denied, 447 So.2d 889 (Fla. 1984).


Summaries of

Pearce v. Publix Supermarkets

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jun 26, 1996
675 So. 2d 710 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)
Case details for

Pearce v. Publix Supermarkets

Case Details

Full title:SANDRA PEARCE AND JOHN PEARCE, HER HUSBAND, APPELLANTS, v. PUBLIX…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jun 26, 1996

Citations

675 So. 2d 710 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

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