PHILLIPS v. VAN'S ELEC. OF LAKE WORTH, INC.

No. 92-1539.

620 So.2d 253 (1993)

Theresa PHILLIPS and Ralph Phillips, Appellants, v. VAN'S ELECTRIC OF LAKE WORTH, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Visnick and Richard G. Bartmon of Law Offices of Bartmon & Bartmon, Boca Raton, for appellants.

Patrice A. Talisman of Paul, Landy, Beiley & Harper, P.A., Miami, and Hinshaw & Culbertson, Boca Raton, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants, plaintiffs below, appeal from a directed verdict granted against them in this negligence action. We reverse the directed verdict and remand for a new trial.

Directed verdicts in negligence cases must be granted in an especially cautious manner. Collins v. School Board of Broward County, 471 So.2d 560, 563 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985), review dismissed, 491 So.2d 280 (Fla. 1986). A judge is prohibited...

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