FIERSTOS v. CULLUM

No. 77-42.

351 So.2d 370 (1977)

Thomas FIERSTOS, Appellant, v. Walter S. CULLUM, Joan C. Cullum, His Wife, and the Continental Insurance Co., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. Schnell, of Carr & Schnell, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Mark E. Hungate and James B. Thompson, of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, St. Petersburg, for appellees.


OTT, Judge.

This was a negligence action by a tenant against his landlord arising out of the alleged failure of the landlord to exercise reasonable care in the maintenance and repair of a common stairway.

The case went to the jury on instructions as to the standard of care, comparative negligence and special verdict that were most favorable to the defendant.

The jury returned its special verdict finding the landlord solely negligent and awarding the...

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