CITY OF CORAL GABLES v. PRATS

No. 85-2634.

502 So.2d 969 (1987)

CITY OF CORAL GABLES, Appellant, v. Gabriel PRATS and Maria L. Prats, His Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimbrell & Hamann and Lourdes F. La Paz, Miami, for appellant.

Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, Nash, Block & England, and Kevin Emas and Henry Latimer, Miami, for appellees.

Before HUBBART, BASKIN and PEARSON, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

The City of Coral Gables [City] challenges an adverse final judgment entered in favor of Gabriel Prats and his wife, Maria Prats, following a jury trial. On March 21, 1983, Mr. Prats sustained injuries when he tripped on the bent leg of a protruding barricade. The barricade had been placed by Marks Brothers Company [Marks], an independent contractor employed by the City to make street improvements for the beautification of Miracle Mile. Because the...

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