Hollybrook Golf & Tennis Club Condominium, Inc. v. Shapiro

Affirmed. The only issue raised in this appeal from a summary judgment on liability is whether the appellees were *945barred from proceeding against the appellant, the lessor-owner of a golf cart, by reason of a release given to the lessee-operator of the cart that included the “agents and assigns” of the lessee-operator. This case presents the reverse of a similar issue raised in Ford v. Coleman, 462 So.2d 834 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984), where a release executed pursuant to a settlement with a vehicle owner which included the language “agents” was held to inure to the benefit of the vehicle operator.…