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JONES v. CITY OF LONGWOOD, FLORIDA

No. 80-1234.

404 So.2d 1083 (1981)

William Paul JONES, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Merry Christine Jones, Deceased, Appellant, v. The CITY OF LONGWOOD, FLORIDA, a Municipal Corporation, and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, a Foreign Insurance Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.G. LaGrone and Robert J. Felice, Orlando, for appellant.

Ashby L. Camp of Cooper & Rissman, P.A., Orlando, for appellees.

COWART, Judge.

Merry Christine Jones, a 12 year old child, was playing with other children in an unoccupied privately owned building in the City of Longwood when a two thousand pound steel cabinet fell from an inside wall of the building, killing her. The deceased child's estate sued the city for her wrongful death, alleging that the city knew or should have known that children were playing in this building, that the city was "charged with the responsibility of securing...

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