Legal Opinion
Ploetz v. Big Discount Panel Center, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 12, 1981No. 79-1960PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKSTEIN, Judge.
This is an appeal from a final judgment following a defense verdict for appellees in a negligence action. We affirm.
On April 16, 1978, Clara Ploetz was injured while shopping with her husband, Paul, for wood paneling in Big Discount Panel Center’s place of business. In her complaint she alleged that the store was negligent “in stacking large and heavy plywood panels against its wall near the doorway to the premises and in an area where many patrons would walk or stand, in a nearly vertical position so that several of these panels tumbled over and violently fell on [her]. . .…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Hughes Supply, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1978
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. WatsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
- Benigno v. Cypress Community HospitalDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Metropolitan Dade County v. St. ClaireDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
- Monforti v. K-Mart, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997