Trembath v. Beach Club, Inc.

The Beach Club, Inc. (the club) sued the appellants (Trembath) for damages caused by Trembath crashing his rental car into the club’s building. The damages included the costs of repair, along with the cost of installing a fire sprinkler system in the building where, after the incident, the dub was discovered to be in violation of the Life Safety Code, established pursuant to section 633.025, Florida Statutes. We conclude that the record demonstrates that the installation of a sprinkler system was not proximately caused by the accident, and reverse.

The facts were stipulated in the trial court,…