METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY v. ZAPATA

No. 91-1291.

601 So.2d 239 (1992)

METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Appellant, v. Arnulfo ZAPATA, etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ginsburg, County Atty., and Eric K. Gressman and Stephen J. Keating, Asst. County Attys., for appellant.

Haddad, Josephs, Jack & Gaebe and David K. Markarian, Coral Gables, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and LEVY, JJ.


NESBITT, Judge.

Metropolitan Dade County (the County), appeals the final judgment rendered on a jury verdict in favor of appellee, Arnulfo Zapata, as personal representative of Mario Zapata (decedent), in a wrongful death action arising from a drowning accident which occurred in May 1987. The jury returned a verdict allocating 90% of the liability to the County and 10% to decedent. We reverse, and remand to the trial court for a new trial.

On May 17, 1987...

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