From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Sutton v. Sweet

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Oct 31, 1979
376 So. 2d 443 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

Opinion

No. 78-1218.

October 31, 1979.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Broward County, Stephen R. Booher, J.

Stephen F. Bacen and Bryan S. Henry of Hunter, Atkinson Golden, Hollywood, for appellant.

Ronald E. Solomon and James W. Flanagan of Dolan, Solomon Gramling, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.


Appellant sued appellees for injuries he sustained as a result of the alleged threatening actions of appellees' dog. The trial court entered a summary judgment for appellees, and this appeal ensued.

From our examination of the briefs and record, we conclude there are genuine issues of fact remaining which require resolution by a jury. Whether the door to the utility room was indeed ajar so that the dog could get out, and whether the dog's "growling and lunging" was directed at appellant are questions of fact which the court was not at liberty to determine.

Accordingly, the summary judgment appealed from is reversed, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.

Reversed and remanded.

DOWNEY, C.J., and LETTS and BERANEK, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Sutton v. Sweet

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Oct 31, 1979
376 So. 2d 443 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)
Case details for

Sutton v. Sweet

Case Details

Full title:WARREN SUTTON, APPELLANT, v. SALLY AND MARSHALL SWEET, APPELLEES

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Oct 31, 1979

Citations

376 So. 2d 443 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)