194TH ST. HOTEL CORP. v. HOPF

No. 79-1882.

383 So.2d 739 (1980)

194TH STREET HOTEL CORPORATION, D/B/a Sheraton Beach Hotel and Kent Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Janet Lia HOPF, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessie W. Miller, Hialeah, for appellants.

Rentz & Haggard; Daniels & Hicks and Sam Daniels, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ and DANIEL PEARSON, JJ., and VANN, HAROLD R. (Ret.), Associate Judge.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The defendant below appeals from a $75,000 judgment entered against it in a personal injury action on a jury verdict finding that it had been 75% negligent and that the plaintiff had sustained $100,000 in damages. We affirm.

The plaintiff, Janet Hopf, a 17-year old guest of the appellant's hotel, was severely injured when she slipped on a wet spot on a wooden walkway at the rear of the lobby. The defendant claims the right to a directed verdict...

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