SCORZA v. MARTINEZ

No. 95-4146.

683 So.2d 1115 (1996)

Gregory SCORZA, Appellant, v. Alfredo MARTINEZ and Worldwide Primates, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Ticktin and Robert Benenson of Peter Ticktin, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellant.

Richard A. Sherman and Rosemary B. Wilder of Law Offices of Richard A. Sherman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and D. Brent Davis of Ligman, Martin, and Evans, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee-Worldwide Primates, Inc.


STEVENSON, Judge.

The plaintiff below appeals a final summary judgment for the defendant in a personal injury suit for damages caused by an escaped macaque monkey. Because genuine issues of fact exist concerning the foreseeability of the injury, we reverse the summary judgment on the negligence issue; we affirm with respect to the issue of strict liability because parties other than the defendant had acquired possession...

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