Snyder v. City of Delray Beach

The trial court granted a summary judgment dismissing counts I, III, and IV of the complaint, which embraced all of plaintiffs claims against the City of Delray Beach. Essentially the judgment was predicated not on evidence but on pleading grounds, that plaintiffs complaint as phrased did not sufficiently state a cause of action against the city.1 I believe the court erred and would reverse.

Plaintiff is a licensed private investigator who operates her business from an office within the city. She employed one Nancy Adams as her own employee in that office. Her complaint against the city and…