CHEVRON U.S.A., INC. v. FORBES

Nos. 4D99-2931, 4D99-4103.

783 So.2d 1215 (2001)

CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., and Chevron Stations, Inc. f/k/a American Personnel Services, Appellants, v. Richard FORBES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Viergever and Mark W. Klingensmith of Sonneborn, Rutter, Cooney, Klingensmith & Eyler, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Lauri Waldman Ross of Lauri Waldman Ross, P.A., Miami, and John T. Kennedy, Stuart, for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

In this appeal from judgment on a slip and fall verdict against the owners of a gas station, the issue is whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury that a violation of section 526.141, Florida Statutes (1997), is negligence per se.

Appellee, Richard Forbes, sued appellants, Chevron U.S.A., Inc. and Chevron Stations, Inc., f/k/a American Personnel Services ("Chevron") for injuries he received when he slipped and fell in a puddle of gas...

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