WACKENHUT CORP. v. LIPPERT

Nos. 90-0917 and 90-0932.

591 So.2d 215 (1991)

The WACKENHUT CORPORATION and Delta Airlines, Inc., a foreign corporation, Appellants, v. Albert LIPPERT and Felice Lippert, his wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

On Motion for Rehearing October 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonita L. Kneeland of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa, for appellant The Wackenhut Corp.

Shelley H. Leinicke of Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant Delta Airlines, Inc.

Joseph D. Farish, Jr., and Kenneth J. Miller of Farish, Farish & Romani, West Palm Beach, for appellees Albert Lippert and Felice Lippert, his wife.


POLEN, Judge.

While on her way to board a Delta Airlines flight from West Palm Beach to New York, the appellee and plaintiff below, Felice Lippert, took a handbag containing approximately $431,000 worth of jewelry through a security checkpoint at Palm Beach International Airport. The security checkpoint was operated by The Wackenhut Corporation which was alleged by the plaintiff to be the agent of Delta. The checkpoint consisted of a magnetometer scan of baggage and...

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