RUIZ v. CITY OF ORLANDO

No. 5D03-248.

859 So.2d 574 (2003)

Aurelia RUIZ, Appellant, v. CITY OF ORLANDO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Manglardi, of Attorneys Trial Group, Orlando, for Appellant.

Walter A. Ketcham, Jr., and Ramon Vazquez, of Grower, Ketcham, Rutherford, Bronson, Eide & Telan, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee.


GRIFFIN, J.

Appellant, Aurelia Ruiz ["Ruiz"], appeals the trial court's dismissal of her suit against the City of Orlando ["the City"] because she had attempted to perpetrate a fraud on the court. Because the record does not establish fraud on the court, we reverse.

Seventy-two-year-old Ruiz filed a complaint against the City alleging that it negligently repaired or maintained a section of Mercado Ave. She claimed that she was injured when the vehicle in which...

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