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Newcomb v. Forbes

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jul 2, 1984
452 So. 2d 64 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

Summary

affirming summary judgment for an owner because the step-down between the tile floor of an apartment hallway and the carpeted, flexible pile surface of the adjacent bedroom which came to the same level was so obvious that, as a matter of law, neither warning nor correction of the condition was required

Summary of this case from Burton v. MDC PGA Plaza Corp.

Opinion

No. 83-2949.

May 22, 1984. Rehearing Denied July 2, 1984.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Dade County; Milton A. Friedman, Judge.

Lieberman Benjamin and Ivan S. Benjamin, Miami, for appellant.

Thomas J. Meroni and Leonard F. Burr, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.


Affirmed. See Pope v. Cruise Boat Co., 380 So.2d 1151 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); Rice v. Florida Power Light Co., 363 So.2d 834 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978), cert. denied, 373 So.2d 460 (Fla. 1979); Quinnelly v. Southern Maid Syrup Co., 164 So.2d 240 (Fla. 2d DCA 1964).


Summaries of

Newcomb v. Forbes

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jul 2, 1984
452 So. 2d 64 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

affirming summary judgment for an owner because the step-down between the tile floor of an apartment hallway and the carpeted, flexible pile surface of the adjacent bedroom which came to the same level was so obvious that, as a matter of law, neither warning nor correction of the condition was required

Summary of this case from Burton v. MDC PGA Plaza Corp.
Case details for

Newcomb v. Forbes

Case Details

Full title:RICHARD H. NEWCOMB, APPELLANT, v. JAMES B. FORBES, III, JOANN P. FORBES…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jul 2, 1984

Citations

452 So. 2d 64 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

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