MIAMI-DADE COUNTY v. HERNDON

No. 3D00-208.

776 So.2d 360 (2001)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Appellant, v. Jessica HERNDON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ginsburg, Miami-Dade County Attorney, and Thomas R. Robertson, Assistant County Attorney, for appellant.

Richard F. O'Brien, III, Miami, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, GODERICH, and SHEVIN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Miami-Dade County appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a verdict in a personal injury case. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

At no point during this litigation did the plaintiff plead or prove actual or constructive knowledge on the part, of the County so as to impose liability on the County for the trip and fall. Because of the utter absence of such evidence, the verdict and judgment cannot stand. See Grier v. Metropolitan Dade...

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