RIPPY v. SHEPARD

No. SC09-1677.

80 So.3d 305 (2012)

James Earl RIPPY, Petitioner, v. James SHEPARD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Brannock , Celene H. Humphries , and Sarah C. Pellenbarg of Brannock and Humphries, Tampa, FL, for Petitioner.

Jennifer Cates Lester and Andrew A. Morey of Dell Graham, P.A., Gainesville, FL, for Respondent.

Sharon C. Degnan and Caryn L. Bellus of Kubicki Draper, P.A., Miami, FL, on behalf of Florida Defense Lawyers Association, as Amicus Curiae.


LABARGA, J.

James Earl Rippy seeks review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Rippy v. Shepard, 15 So.3d 921 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009), which held that a farm tractor is not a dangerous instrumentality as a matter of law. In so holding, the district court rejected Rippy's contentions that, because a farm tractor is a motor vehicle and because it is of such size and...

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