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Middlethon v. Fla. Power Light Co.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jul 31, 1981
400 So. 2d 1287 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

No. 80-2224.

June 30, 1981. Rehearing Denied July 31, 1981.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Milton A. Friedman, J.

Marlow, Shofi, Ortmayer, Smith, Connell Valerius and Joseph H. Lowe, Miami, for appellant.

Steel, Hector Davis and Paul J. Bonavia, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL and FERGUSON, JJ., and MELVIN, WOODROW M. (Ret.), Associate Judge.


An electric utility company is not liable on theory that they negligently installed and used a concrete pole near the roadway where the undisputed evidence shows the vehicle had collided with another vehicle, veered off the roadway and onto the sidewalk, then struck utility pole. See, e.g., Speigel v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, 341 So.2d 832 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977).

Order dismissing third party complaint with prejudice is affirmed.


Summaries of

Middlethon v. Fla. Power Light Co.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jul 31, 1981
400 So. 2d 1287 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)
Case details for

Middlethon v. Fla. Power Light Co.

Case Details

Full title:BERTHA BATES MIDDLETHON, APPELLANT, v. FLORIDA POWER LIGHT COMPANY…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jul 31, 1981

Citations

400 So. 2d 1287 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

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