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Brueckmann v. Harris Properties, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 20, 1988
518 So. 2d 467 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

No. 4-86-3114.

January 20, 1988.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Broward County; Barbara Bridge, Judge.

James C. Blecke and Susan S. Lerner, Miami, and Richard H. Willits of Easley, Massa Willits, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Shelley H. Leinicke of Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham Lane, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Glenn J. Webber of Ligman, Martin, Shiley, Neswiacheny Evans, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Bullet Const.


Appellant, Theodore J. Brueckmann, was a workman at a construction site. He was personally injured there when a wall toppled. He sued several defendants for damages. The trial court entered summary final judgment against Brueckmann. He appeals.

Upon review of the record and appellate advice, we are of the opinion that it was error to enter summary judgment in favor of Bonaventure, owner-builder, because there were genuine issues of material fact as to the status of Bonaventure, which status would impact upon Bonaventure's liability to Brueckmann. There were issues as to the cause of the topple and the negligence of Bonaventure.

We reverse the summary judgment in favor of Bonaventure and remand for further proceedings.

We affirm the summary judgment in favor of Bullet Construction, Inc.

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part and REMANDED.

DELL, WALDEN and STONE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Brueckmann v. Harris Properties, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 20, 1988
518 So. 2d 467 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)
Case details for

Brueckmann v. Harris Properties, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:THEODORE J. BRUECKMANN, APPELLANT, v. HARRIS PROPERTIES, INC., ETC., ET…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jan 20, 1988

Citations

518 So. 2d 467 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)