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GATES v. STATE, FLA. DEPT. OF TRANS.

No. 87-440.

513 So.2d 1386 (1987)

Blanche GATES, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hessen, Schimmel & De Castro, Joel V. Lumer, Miami, for appellant.

Sparber, Shevin, Shapo & Heilbronner and Glenn J. Waldman, Miami, for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

The judgment entered on a directed verdict for the defendant-appellee Department of Transportation in a sidewalk trip and fall case is reversed. We conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the plaintiff's motion to reopen her case to introduce evidence that the statutory notice had been given, Sobel v. Jefferson Stores, Inc., 459 So.2d 433 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Adkins v. Taylor,

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