W.E. JOHNSON EQUIPMENT CO. v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

No. 39173.

238 So.2d 98 (1970)

W.E. JOHNSON EQUIPMENT CO., Inc., Petitioner, v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon D. White, of Walsh & Dolan, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

John H. Wahl, Jr., of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder, Carson & Wahl, Miami, for respondent.


DREW, Justice.

We review a decision of the District Court of Appeal, Fourth District,1 that a bailee for hire may maintain an action against a bailor for hire for breach of an implied warranty of suitability for a leased chattel's known and intended use. The holding below conflicts with a statement of law in the case of Brookshire v. Florida Bendix Co.2 that a bailor...

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