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AUBURN MACH. WORKS, CO., INC. v. JONES

No. 53526.

366 So.2d 1167 (1979)

AUBURN MACHINE WORKS CO., INC., etc., Petitioner, v. Clyde Pete JONES and Irma Jean Jones, His Wife, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacqueline R. Griffin, of Wells, Gattis & Hallowes, Orlando, for petitioner.

Robert Orseck, Walter H. Beckham, Jr., Robert L. Parks and Joel D. Eaton, of Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, Miami, for respondents.

ALDERMAN, Justice.

We have for review the decision in Jones v. Auburn Machine Works Co., 353 So.2d 917 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977), in which the Second District refused to apply the "patent danger" or "open and obvious hazard" doctrine so as to preclude liability on the part of a manufacturer. This decision conflicts with Farmhand, Inc. v. Brandies, 327 So.2d 76 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976), in which...

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