Reyes v. Metropolitan Dade County

This is an appeal questioning the propriety of a final judgment in favor of a defendant based on a directed verdict in a “slip and fall” ease. The accident occurred at a Dade County jail facility. The plaintiff was a delivery man for a purveyor. In addition, error is urged in a motion in limine ruling finding hearsay in a written statement by an inmate of the facility and the denial of a loss of consortium claim by the wife for her failure to give a notice pursuant to section 768.28(6)(a), Florida Statutes (1989), even though the husband had, in fact, given such a notice.

We reverse, finding…