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Finley v. Fountainebleau Hotel Corp.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
May 19, 1981
398 So. 2d 490 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

No. 80-1752.

May 19, 1981.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Rhea P. Grossman, J.

James A. McSwigan, Palm Beach, Edna L. Caruso, West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Preddy, Kutner Hardy and G. William Bissett, Miami, for appellees.

Before HUBBART, C.J., and SCHWARTZ and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


The plaintiff was a guest at the Fountainebleau Hotel. He was injured when a taxicab he was entering at the front of the hotel, which had been summoned by a Fountainebleau employee, prematurely started before he had seated himself. We agree with the trial court that, as a matter of law, the hotel bore no liability for the accident. See, Jackson v. Pike, 87 So.2d 410 (Fla. 1956); Foley v. Hialeah Race Course, Inc., 53 So.2d 771 (Fla. 1951). The summary judgment entered in its favor below is therefore

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Finley v. Fountainebleau Hotel Corp.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
May 19, 1981
398 So. 2d 490 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)
Case details for

Finley v. Fountainebleau Hotel Corp.

Case Details

Full title:DANIEL J. FINLEY AND DOROTHY FINLEY, APPELLANTS, v. FOUNTAINEBLEAU HOTEL…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: May 19, 1981

Citations

398 So. 2d 490 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)