HOLSWORTH v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 96-1623.

700 So.2d 705 (1997)

Mack William HOLSWORTH, Appellant, v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Hugh Chappell, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, and Jane Kreusler-Walsh of Jane Kreusler-Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Philip D. Parrish of Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas, P.A., Miami, for appellee.


WARNER, Judge.

In this appeal of a summary judgment, the appellant, an employee of an independent contractor, claims that there were genuine issues of material fact regarding whether the owner of the premises should be liable for having failed to give notice of an unsafe condition on the property. We conclude that the owner is not liable because the independent contractor had complete control over the premises, the condition complained of was patent, not latent, and...

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