ALLEN v. PORT EVERGLADES AUTHORITY

No. 88-0785.

553 So.2d 1341 (1989)

William ALLEN, Appellant, v. PORT EVERGLADES AUTHORITY, a Public Corporation, City of Hollywood (Florida), a Municipal Corporation and CSX Transportation, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Beranek of Klein and Beranek, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Krupnick, Campbell, Malone & Roselli, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Rosemary Wilder and Richard A. Sherman of Richard A. Sherman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee, City of Hollywood.


WARNER, Judge.

This appeal raises the issue of a government's duty to warn of a dangerous condition created by it.

Appellant was riding his motorcycle through Port Everglades along Eisenhower Boulevard late one night. After passing over two sets of railroad tracks which were in disrepair, the street widened, and there appeared to be a left turn lane without any painted lines indicating the end of appellant's lane...

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