FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. v. FLEITAS

No. 85-607.

488 So.2d 148 (1986)

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT Company, Appellant, v. Orlando Fleitas, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steel, Hector & Davis and Donald M. Middlebrooks, for appellant.

Whitman, Wolfe, Gross & Schaffel and Manuel M. Rodriguez-Fiol, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.


HUBBART, Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant Florida Power and Light Co. [FP & L] from a final judgment entered upon an adverse jury verdict in an action allegedly sounding in negligence. The central issue presented for review is whether a negligence action cognizable under Florida law was pled or proven below. For the reasons which follow, we conclude that no such action was established by pleading or proofs herein and reverse.

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