WILLIAMS v. GAFFIN INDUS. SERVICES, INC.

No. 2D10-2552.

88 So.3d 1027 (2012)

Lisa WILLIAMS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Williams, Deceased, Appellant, v. GAFFIN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.; PCS Phosphate Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, Inc.; and Jetstream of Houston, LLP, a subsidiary of Federal Signal Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 25, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie Gadarian Graham of Marjorie Gadarian Graham, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens; and William N. Hutchinson, Jr. , Fort Lauderdale, for Appellant.

Cindy R. Galen of Eraclides, Johns, Hall, Gelman, Johannessen & Goodman, LLP, Sarasota; Frank H. Cole of Eraclides, Johns, Hall, Gelman, Johannessen & Goodman, LLP, Jacksonville; and Marie A. Borland and Robert A. Shimberg of Hill, Ward, & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee Gaffin Industrial Services.

No appearance for remaining Appellees.


VILLANTI, Judge.

Lisa Williams, as personal representative of the estate of Robert Williams, appeals the trial court's order granting Gaffin Industrial Services, Inc.'s motion to dismiss the complaint with prejudice. Because the trial court considered matters outside the four corners of the complaint when it granted the motion to dismiss, we reverse. We also note that, even if dismissal had been appropriate, the trial court should not have dismissed the complaint...

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