EMPIRE CLUB, INC. v. HERNANDEZ

No. 2D06-7.

974 So.2d 447 (2007)

EMPIRE CLUB, INC., Appellant, v. Carmen HERNANDEZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher L. Casey of Hinshaw & Culbertson, Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Daniel P. Mitchell and Christine A. Donoghue of GrayRobinson, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Chief Judge.

While enjoying a night out at the Empire Club in Ybor City, Carmen Hernandez was injured when a subwoofer fell from an overhead speaker cabinet and struck her head. She filed a negligence suit against the club and obtained a jury verdict in her favor, but we must reverse due to an evidentiary error.

The case is not factually complex. Approximately six months before the accident, Empire's bar manager hung a speaker over the dance floor...

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