Legal Opinion

Gissen v. Goodwill

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 30, 1954PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERRELL, Justice.

Appellant as plaintiff exhibited his complaint against Geraldine Goodwill, a minor, eight years of age, the material part of which charged that said minor did willfully, deliberately, intentionally and maliciously grasp a swinging door in the lobby of the Gaylord Hotel in Miami Beach where plaintiff was an employee and did swing the door with such great force and violence against the plaintiff that the middle finger on his left hand was caught in the door' and a portion of said finger was caused to be instantaneously severed and fell to the floor.

As- codefendants the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wise v. WiseSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
  2. Grimsley v. RosenbergSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
  3. McDermott v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
  4. Thompson v. McDermottSupreme Court of Florida · 1883

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Gissen v. GoodwillSupreme Court of Florida · 1955
  2. Brown v. RipleyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
  3. Savage v. Rowell Distributing Corp.Supreme Court of Florida · 1957
  4. Brown v. MitchellSupreme Court of Florida · 1960
  5. Davie v. Calton ex rel. CaltonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

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