CAURANT v. CITY OF PUNTA GORDA

No. 86-529.

501 So.2d 701 (1987)

Margaret CAURANT and Joseph Caurant, Her Husband, Appellants, v. CITY OF PUNTA GORDA, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Wilkins of Wotitzky, Wotitzky, Wilkins, Frohlich, and Jones, Port Charlotte, for appellants.

Claire L. Hamner of Dickinson, O'Riorden, Gibbons, Quale, Shields, and Carlton, Sarasota, for appellee.


SANDERLIN, Judge.

Appellants (the Caurants) bring this appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of appellee (the City) in the Caurants' action for personal injuries. We reverse.

Margaret Caurant was walking on the sidewalk next to the intersection of Marion Avenue and Tampa Street in Punta Gorda. She tripped and fell over an elevation in the sidewalk and was injured. The question before us is whether there was a factual issue as to which governmental...

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