Legal Opinion
Periera v. Florida Power & Light Co.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 9, 1996No. 95-2390PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
680 So.2d 617 (1996)
Edward PERIERA, Appellant,
v.
FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Appellee.
No. 95-2390.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
October 9, 1996.
Scott A. Mager and Carl F. Schoeppl of Mager & Associates, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Cheryl Kempf, North Palm Beach, for appellee.
KLEIN, Judge.
Plaintiff was riding a motorcycle on a bike path at night, when he struck a guy wire of an FP & L pole and was injured. The trial court granted FP & L's motion for summary judgment, reasoning that because operating a motorcycle on a bike path is prohibited by statute, FP & L…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- DeJesus v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1973
- Seaboard Coastline R. Co. v. AddisonSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
- City of Tamarac v. GarcharDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
- DeMesme v. StephensonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
- Powell v. State, Department of TransportationDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
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