SCOTT v. CITY OF OPA LOCKA

No. 74-717.

311 So.2d 825 (1975)

Geraldine SCOTT, the Surviving Spouse of Joseph Lee Scott, Deceased, Appellant, v. CITY OF OPA LOCKA, a Municipal Corporation and National Indemnity Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Stanley M. Rosenblatt, Miami, for appellant.

Kuvin, Klingensmith & Coon and R. Fred Lewis, Coconut Grove, for appellees.

Before PEARSON, HENDRY and HAVERFIELD, JJ.


HAVERFIELD, Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff in the trial court, appeals an adverse final judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in this action for wrongful death.

On the night of March 22, 1971 a male, later identified as Jesse James Jackson, entered the Park Bar and held up the bar manager. During the holdup, the manager activated a silent alarm system to the police headquarters of the defendant, the City of Opa...

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