Grimes v. Family Dollar Stores of Florida, Inc.

Patricia Grimes appeals from an adverse final summary judgment as to defendants Family Dollar Stores of Florida, Inc., the Marguerite M. Larsen Trust, and AFM Group, LLC. We affirm summary judgment as to Family Dollar Store. We reverse summary judgment as to the remaining defendants, as the record contains genuine issues of material fact precluding summary judgment. 1

Family Dollar Store is a commercial tenant located in a shopping mall where it leases space along with other commercial tenants. The landowner is the Marguerite M. Larsen Trust [“Trust”], and the long term lessee of the property…