HIGHLANDS INS. CO. v. GILDAY

No. 79-1805.

398 So.2d 834 (1981)

HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY, Jack Adler, As Receiver for Galt Ocean Terrace Hotel, d/b/a Galt Ocean Terrace Condominium Apartments, Appellants, v. Albert J. GILDAY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Klein, West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Howard L. Conklin, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


DOWNEY, Judge.

The defendants, operator and insurer of a condominium-hotel, appeal from a final judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict awarding plaintiff Albert Gilday $135,000 for injuries he suffered when a stranger assaulted him in the condominium-hotel ground floor public men's room.

Appellee was a business invitee of the Cocktail Lounge located on the ground floor or lobby of the hotel. During the course of the evening he left the lounge and went...

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