Legal Opinion
Rothenberg v. Leevans Corp.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 16, 1963No. 62-601PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDRY, Judge.
This is an appeal from a summary final judgment entered in favor of the defendant in a negligence action wherein the defendant was charged with negligence which caused the plaintiff, Lillian Rothenberg, to trip and injure herself when her heel caught on a raised edge of a rug on the floor in the lobby of the defendant’s hotel.
Viewing the record, as we must, in the light most favorable to the plaintiff,1 it shows that the plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Rothenberg, were paying guests at the defendant’s hotel in Miami Beach; that on the evening of June 26, 1960, as the plaintiffs were…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Voelker v. Combined Ins. Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Florida · 1954
- Crovella v. CochraneDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
- Commercial Credit Corporation v. VarnDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
- Warring v. Winn-Dixie StoresDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
- Jacobi v. Claude Nolan, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
3Cited by2 opinions
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