Cohn v. Surfside Plaza Hotel

BARKDULL, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a final judgment on a directed verdict in favor of the defendant in a slip and fall case. The record therefore should be viewed in a light most favorable to the party moved against. Mathis v. Lambert, 274 So.2d 601 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973); Kilburn v. Davenport, 286 So.2d 241 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973); Lovings v. Seaboard Coastline Railroad Company, 340 So.2d 1279 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977).

Plaintiff, a 78-year-old woman, was injured while walking on a promenade or concourse behind the premises of the defendant. She fell over or upon a two-inch hose placed across this public…