BRIEN v. 18925 COLLINS AVENUE CORP.

No. 69-709.

233 So.2d 847 (1970)

Eleanor BRIEN, Appellant, v. 18925 COLLINS AVENUE CORP., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burns & Browd, and Jay A. Swidler, Miami, for appellant.

Rosenblatt & Roemer, and Bernard Cohen, Miami, for appellee.

Before PEARSON, C.J., and CHARLES CARROLL and BARKDULL, JJ.


PEARSON, Chief Judge.

The question of law presented by this appeal is whether an owner of real property may be held liable for a negligent act of a security guard committed in the performance of the guard's duties when the guard is not the employee of the owner but is the employee of an independent corporation which has contracted to guard the owner's property. The trial court answered that the owner was not liable and we agree.

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