Caurant v. City of Punta Gorda

SANDERLIN, Judge.

Appellants (the Caurants) bring this appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of appellee (the City) in the Caurants’ action for personal injuries. We reverse.

Margaret Caurant was walking on the sidewalk next to the intersection of Marion Avenue and Tampa Street in Punta Gorda. She tripped and fell over an elevation in the sidewalk and was injured. The question before us is whether there was a factual issue as to which governmental entity — the City of Punta Gorda or Florida Department of Transportation — had maintenance responsibility for the sidewalk where appellant…