DYKES BY DYKES v. CITY OF APALACHICOLA

No. 93-1326.

645 So.2d 50 (1994)

Matthew Lee DYKES, a minor, by his father and next friend, Jim Dykes, and Jim DYKES, individually, Appellants, v. CITY OF APALACHICOLA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay W. Manuel of Pittman, Manuel & Hundley, P.A., Panama City, and Philip M. Burlington of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Craig A. Dennis and John A. Grant of Dennis & Bowman, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellee.


WOLF, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final order of summary judgment in favor of the city of Apalachicola. The appellant asserts that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for the city on the basis that the conduct of Matthew Dykes constituted an independent intervening cause which insulated the city from liability. We agree and reverse.

Matthew Dykes, the appellant, was hit by a car in the city of Apalachicola on July 15, 1988, when the appellant...

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