DANIA JAI-ALAI PALACE, INC. v. SYKES

No. 80-535.

425 So.2d 594 (1982)

DANIA JAI-ALAI PALACE, INC., Carrousel Concessions, Inc., and Saturday Corporation, Appellants, v. Gladys SYKES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. R. Dawes, Guy B. Bailey, Jr., and Sara Soto of Bailey & Dawes, Miami, for appellants.

Gilbert A. Haddad of Haddad & Josephs, Miami, for appellee.


HURLEY, Judge.

This appeal follows a plaintiff's verdict in a personal injury action. The principal question presented is whether a parent corporation may be held liable for torts committed by an employee of a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation. We answer in the affirmative since the record in this case contains substantial competent evidence to support findings that the subsidiary was a mere instrumentality of the parent...

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