Bradley v. Guy, 438 So.2d 854, (Fla. 5th DCA 1983). Boats are dangerous instrumentalities and the operator of a boat in nonnavigable waters is held to a higher standard of care than a passenger in the boat.
Burns v. Three of A Kind, Inc., 439 So.2d 1004 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983). An action against a bar that served alcoholic beverages to a minor which caused a DUI automobile accident could not be disposed of by summary judgment.
Cantor v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., 546 So.2d 776 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989).Trial court departed from the essential requirements of law in compelling the production of a mother's psychological records from the same psychologist who treated her daughter who was the Plaintiff in the case.
Correria v. The Orlando Bank & Trust Company, 235 So.2d 20, (Fla. 4th DCA 1970). Person who purchased an automobile from an automobile dealer's inventory in the ordinary course of business without notice of the trust security agreement between the dealer and bank acquires title to the automobile free of the bank's trust security lien.
Friddle v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Co., 306 So.2d 97 (Fla. 1974). The Florida Supreme Court adopted the dissent of Judge Mager in Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Friddle, 290 So.2d 85 (Fla. 4th DCA 1974) and held that evidence of prior accidents at the same railroad crossing were admissible, however, since the trial court erroneously admitted other evidence that resulted in excessive damages, the Supreme Court ordered a remitter of $35,000.00 from the amount of the jury verdict.
Grant v. Red Lobster Inns of America, Inc., So.2d 372 (Fla. 4th 1974). The trial court committed reversible error in a slip and fall case when it refused to give the jury the comparative negligence jury instruction submitted by the Plaintiff. p>
LaFerney v. Scott Oldsmobile, Inc., 410 So.2d 534 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). The appellate court held that counsel for the Plaintiff in a successful claim under the deceptive trade practice statute was entitled to attorneys fees for the whole trial although the Plaintiff only prevailed on one of five theories pled.
Orlando Regional Medical Center Inc. v. Chmielewski, 573 So.2d 876 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991). A hospital is liable to the victims of the negligence of doctors, in its emergency room, notwithstanding the fact that it had a contract with the company employing the doctors. Loss of consortium of a spouse is intended to compensate the spouse of the injured person for past and future loss of such intangilbes as love, sex, companionship, society, comfort, solace and help in performing one's task about the household.
Rommell v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 394 So.2d 572 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981). A party must first offer into evidence a certified copy of a conviction before it can question a witness about that crime. It was also reversible error for the Defendant to present testimony concerning its general expertise in manufacturing tires after the trial court had refused to allow the Plaintiff to view the plant and the processes the Defendant used in building tires in its one manufacturing plant before the trial.
Wescott v. Amerifirst Federal Savings & Loan Association, 564 So.2d 166 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990). Co-owner of property can foreclose on interest of other co-owner when in default.
