FONTANA v. WILSON WORLD MAINGATE

No. 97-2580.

717 So.2d 199 (1998)

Paula FONTANA, Appellant, v. WILSON WORLD MAINGATE CONDOMINIUM, etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Jeffrey Barnes, of J. Barnes & Associates, P.A., Boca Raton, for Appellant.

J. Scott Kirk and Michael D. Begey of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, Orlando, for Appellee Wilson World Maingate Condominium Association.


HARRIS, Judge.

Fontana, while a guest of appellee's hotel, sat in a chair which was defective causing it to collapse and injure her. At the conclusion of her case, the court directed a verdict in favor of appellee because there was no evidence of actual or constructive notice as to the condition of the chair. We reverse.

Appellee does not deny that the chair was defective.1 It contends only that there was no showing that it knew...

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