DIXON v. SAUNDERS

No. 89-02024.

565 So.2d 802 (1990)

Thomas L. DIXON and Roberta Dixon, As Personal Representatives of the Estate of Melissa Dixon, Deceased, Appellants, v. Donald Paul SAUNDERS, Donald Paul Saunders, Jr., and Kenwood Lanes, Limited, D/B/a Gator Lanes, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Burkert of Burkert & Hart, P.A., Fort Myers, for appellants.

Gerald W. Pierce of Henderson Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., Fort Myers, for appellee Kenwood Lanes, Ltd., d/b/a Gator Lanes.


SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.

The appellants are the personal representatives of the estate of their minor daughter, Melissa Dixon, who died as a result of a traffic accident while a passenger in a car driven by an intoxicated minor. They challenge a final summary judgment entered in favor of appellee Gator Lanes, the bowling alley where Melissa and the driver consumed beer before the fatal accident. We affirm.

The undisputed facts are that on the evening of...

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