HARRISON v. TALLAHASSEE FURNITURE CO., INC.

No. 88-314.

529 So.2d 790 (1988)

Elizabeth Holland HARRISON, Appellant, v. TALLAHASSEE FURNITURE CO., INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Cooper, of Douglass, Cooper, Coppins & Powell, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert Scott Cox, Lauchlin T. Waldoch, and Kevin S. Hennessy, of Messer, Vickers, Caparello, French & Madsen, Tallahassee, for appellee.


WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellant appeals the trial court's entry of final summary judgment in favor of appellee in a suit filed by appellant seeking damages against appellee. We reverse.

On January 1, 1986, appellant was violently attacked and severely injured in her home by John Allen Turner, an employee of appellee. She sought damages against appellee for her injuries on the theories of negligent hiring and retention of Turner, and agency liability. As the trial...

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