BOATWRIGHT v. SUNLIGHT FOODS, INC.

No. 91-316.

592 So.2d 261 (1991)

Joean BOATWRIGHT, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Marion F. Boatwright, Deceased, Appellant, v. SUNLIGHT FOODS, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Proenza, White, Huck & Roberts, Kelly, Black, Black, Byrne, Beasley, Bales & Ross and Lauri Waldman Ross, Miami, for appellant.

Richard A. Sherman and Rosemary B. Wilder, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and NESBITT, JJ.


NESBITT, Judge.

The personal representative of the deceased in a wrongful death action seeks reversal of the trial court's order granting a directed verdict in a property owner's favor. We reverse and remand upon the following analysis.

Joean Boatwright alleged that Sunlight Foods, Inc., (Sunlight) owned, operated, and controlled the warehouse where her husband was fatally injured while working on a negligently designed vinegar tank. Sunlight argued the decedent...

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