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COX v. SABINE

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jul 26, 2006
Case No. 1D05-4608 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jul. 26, 2006)

Opinion

Case No. 1D05-4608.

Opinion filed July 26, 2006.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Jan Shackelford, Judge.

John W. Frost, II, and Peter W. Van Den Boom of Frost, Tamayo, Sessums Aranda, P.A., Bartow, for Appellant.

Roy D. Wasson of Wasson Associates, Miami, Amicus Curiae, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

Hinda Klein of Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans, Abel, Lurvey, Morrow Schefer, P.A., Hollywood, for Appellee.

Catherine B. Chapman of Huey, Guilday, Tucker, Schwartz Williams, P.A., Tallahassee, and Tracy Raffles Gunn of Fowler, White, Boggs, Banker, P.A., Tampa, Amicus Curiae, Florida Defense Lawyers Association.


Affirmed. See Sperka v. Little Sabine Bay, Inc., 642 So. 2d 654, 654 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994) (finding "no error in the trial court's ruling that the hotel and its owners had no duty to warn Sperka, a guest of the hotel, of the presence of the concealed sandbar" in the Gulf of Mexico near the Holiday Inn on Pensacola Beach, notwithstanding fact that the hotel was constructed to provide its guests with access to the adjoining beach and gulf, encouraged their use by providing guests with facilities on and near the beach, and advertised its facilities and amenities to attract guests to its hotel).

BENTON, PADOVANO, and LEWIS, JJ., CONCUR.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED.


Summaries of

COX v. SABINE

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jul 26, 2006
Case No. 1D05-4608 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jul. 26, 2006)
Case details for

COX v. SABINE

Case Details

Full title:C. MICHELLE COX, as Personal Representative of the Estate of STEVEN R…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jul 26, 2006

Citations

Case No. 1D05-4608 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jul. 26, 2006)