Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1982

Resnick v. Alexander Muss & Sons, Inc.

Resnick v. Alexander Muss & Sons, Inc.
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided May 18, 1982 · Ferguson, Nesbitt, Schwartz
414 So. 2d 33; 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 28973 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Resnick v. Alexander Muss & Sons, Inc.

Opinion of the Court

NESBITT, Judge.

The directed verdict entered in favor of the defendants at the close of the plaintiffs’ case is reversed. Whether the landlord maintained the common areas in a reasonably safe condition is a question for the jury’s resolution. Firth v. Marhoefer, 406 So.2d 521 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981); Bennett v. Mattison, 382 So.2d 873 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980).

Reversed and remanded for a new trial.

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