OTEY v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 80-537.

400 So.2d 1289 (1981)

Darlene S. OTEY, Jack T. Keltner and Debra B. Keltner, His Wife, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY and Canaveral Port Authority, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles T. Wells of Wells, Gattis & Hallowes, P.A., Orlando, for appellant/cross-appellee Otey.

Richard W. Bates, P.A., Orlando, for appellants/cross-appellees Keltner.

Palmer W. Collins, Melbourne, for appellee/cross-appellant Florida Power & Light Co.

James O. Driscoll of Driscoll, Langston, Layton & Kane, P.A., Orlando, for appellee/cross-appellant Canaveral Port Authority.


DAUKSCH, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal in a personal injury case.

Plaintiffs were out sailing at Port Canaveral and upon their return to the boat ramp they pulled the boat from the water through a parking lot, across a highway and into a parking area. They had left the mast of the boat up because the ramp was busy and they did not want to delay the other boaters. Upon reaching the parking area the mast came in contact with unprotected electric wires owned...

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