NEWTON v. CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL

Case No. 2D15-2927.

209 So.3d 612 (2016)

Anthony NEWTON, Appellant, v. CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION; Joshua Cram, an individual; Charles Cram, an individual; and C&J Bobcat and Hauling, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed December 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Seider and Steven L. Brannock of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa; and T. Patton Youngblood, Jr. , of Youngblood Law Firm, St. Petersburg, for Appellant.

Sarah Lahlou-Amine of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Tampa; Hala A. Sandridge of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Tampa (substituted as counsel of record); and Blake J. Delaney and Sundeep B. Nath of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Tampa, for Appellee Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation.

No appearance for remaining Appellees.


Anthony Newton appeals the final summary judgment entered in favor of Caterpillar Financial Services. Because the piece of machinery that caused injuries to Newton is not a dangerous instrumentality, we affirm.

Newton was hired as an independent contractor by C&J Bobcat and Hauling, LLC, to assist its agent, Charles Cram...

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