PITTMAN v. VOLUSIA COUNTY

No. NN-186/T1-62.

380 So.2d 1192 (1980)

Ruby PITTMAN, Appellant, v. VOLUSIA COUNTY et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Roberson, of Roberson & Roberson, DeLand, for appellant.

Robert K. Rouse, Jr., of Smalbein, Eubank, Johnson, Rosier & Bussey, P.A., Daytona Beach, for appellees.


COBB, Judge.

This case requires a determination of the nature and extent of the duty owed to an invitee by an occupier of premises; in particular, whether or not that duty is ever greater than the mere duty to warn of dangers unknown to the invitee.

In the instant case, the plaintiff stepped in, and slipped upon, a foreign substance (which appeared to be vomit) on the steps of a public building owned and operated by the defendant, Volusia County. From the...

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