SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA, INC. v. SHOWALTER

Nos. 5D07-2104, 5D07-2332.

6 So.3d 662 (2009)

SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA, INC., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Margaret SHOWALTER, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot H. Scherker and Brigid F. Cech Samole of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, for Appellant.

Jamie Billotte Moses of Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.


PER CURIAM.

The central question in this case is whether Appellant may be found liable for the acts of one of its volunteers who molested Appellees, two developmentally disabled adults, in a bowling center parking lot. Although we reverse the judgment and instruct the trial court to direct a verdict as to two counts, we remand for a new trial on the negligence count.

Appellant is a nonprofit organization that "[p]rovide[s] sports training and competition for...

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