CANTALUPO v. LEWIS

No. 4D09-489.

47 So.3d 896 (2010)

Gerald CANTALUPO, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Suzanne Marie Cantalupo, Appellant, v. Paul J. LEWIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L.S. Bowdish and Bridget N. Mirande of Crary , Buchanan, Bowdish, Bovie Beres, Elder & Williamson Chartered, Stuart, for appellant.

Benjamin M. Esco of Cole, Scott & Kissane, Miami, and Anne C. Sullivan of Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo, Coral Gables, for appellee.


GERBER, J.

The plaintiff appeals from a final summary judgment. The issue is whether the defendant can be liable for negligent entrustment or negligent undertaking where the defendant took his alcohol-impaired brother's car keys, and then put the keys in a place where his brother easily found the keys, resulting in his brother causing a fatal collision. We hold that, under those facts, the defendant cannot be liable for negligent entrustment or negligent undertaking...

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