Opinion
No. 1D2022-3459
06-13-2024
Eugene THOMPSON, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Elisa Margrette Eugenie Thompson, Appellant, v. HILLSIDE BUILDING, LLC., Conduent Business Services, LLC., Appellees.
James P. Waczewski of Waczewski Law Group, Tallahassee; Randy Pelham of The Pelham Law Firm, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Michael J. Thomas, Cody W. Short, and R. Geoffrey Place, II, of Pennington. P.A, Tallahassee, for Appellee Hillside Building, LLC; Kimberly K. Berman of Marshall Dennehey, Fort Lauderdale; James P. Hanratty and Sean J. Reeves of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Jacksonville, for Appellee Conduent Business Services, LLC.
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Angela C. Dempsey, Judge.
James P. Waczewski of Waczewski Law Group, Tallahassee; Randy Pelham of The Pelham Law Firm, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Michael J. Thomas, Cody W. Short, and R. Geoffrey Place, II, of Pennington. P.A, Tallahassee, for Appellee Hillside Building, LLC; Kimberly K. Berman of Marshall Dennehey, Fort Lauderdale; James P. Hanratty and Sean J. Reeves of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Jacksonville, for Appellee Conduent Business Services, LLC.
Per Curiam.
Affirmed. See McCain v. Fla. Power Corp., 593 So. 2d 500, 503 (Fla. 1992) (holding that a "requirement of reasonable, general foresight is the core of the duty element" in a negligence action and that "duty exists as a matter of law and is not a factual question for the jury to decide"); see also United States v. Stevens, 994 So. 2d 1062, 1066–67 (Fla. 2008) (reaffirming McCain).
Osterhaus, C.J., and Bilbrey and Nordby, JJ., concur.