GOMEZ CRUZ v. WAL-MART STORES EAST

No. 4D18-178.

268 So.3d 796 (2019)

Israel J. GOMEZ CRUZ, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Israel Z. Gomez-Rodriguez, and Margarita Cruz de Gomez, decedent's widow, Appellants, v. WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 20, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander D. Brown and Adam S. Goldman of The Concept Law Group, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Thomas A. Valdez of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., Tampa, and David Tarlow of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


One night, a 72-year-old man tripped on a raised manhole cover and fell in a Wal-Mart parking lot, sustaining serious head trauma. He and his wife sued Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, alleging various theories of negligence. The circuit court granted Wal-Mart's motion for summary judgment, without elaboration. We reverse because there are disputed...

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