Alvarez v. Striegel

FERGUSON, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Oberto and Dania Alvarez, cross-appeal from a final judgment which awards them damages for the loss of certain personal property which was stolen from their home by four minor defendants/ cross-appellees.

Plaintiffs filed a three-count complaint against the four minors and their parents claiming damages based on: (1) section 741.24, Florida Statutes (1983);1 (2) the alleged negligence of the parents in failing to control their minor children; and (3) section 812.035(7), Florida Statutes (1988), which provides treble damages for theft.2

In its final judgment the trial…