377 So. 2d 44 | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | 1979
Plaintiff appeals a final judgment on a directed verdict in favor of the defendant in a slip and fall case. The record therefore should be viewed in a light most favorable to the party moved against. Mathis v. Lambert, 274 So.2d 601 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973); Kilburn v. Davenport, 286 So.2d 241 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973); Lovings v. Seaboard Coastline Railroad Company, 340 So.2d 1279 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977).
Plaintiff, a 78-year-old woman, was injured while walking on a promenade or concourse behind the premises of the defendant. She fell over or upon a two-inch hose placed across this public walkway by employees of the defendant.
Reversed and remanded, with directions.
. 16 Fla.Jur., Highways, Streets and Bridges, § 119; 39 Am.Jur.2d, Highways, Streets and Bridges, §§ 365 and 366.