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SHARP v. LEVINE

No. 87-214.

528 So.2d 1369 (1988)

Diane SHARP, As Personal Representative of the Estate of William David Sharp, II, Deceased, Appellant, v. Dr. Bernard LEVINE and Cheryl W. Levine, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Arnold Ginsberg and Hoppe & Backmeyer, for appellant.

West & Lindley, Kubicki, Bradley, Draper, Gallagher & McGrane and Betsy Gallagher and Robert B. Brown, II, for appellees.

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

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff's husband was gored to death on the property of the appellees Levine by a bull elephant owned by his employer. She sued the Levines on the theory that they were "keepers" of the animal under the rule that owners and keepers of wild animals are absolutely liable for the damages they cause. See 4 Am.Jur.2d Animals § 80 (1962); see also O'Steen v. Kemmerer, 344 So.2d 313 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977...

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