THE KEYES COMPANY
v.
GARY LESNIK

Fla. 4th DCA | 2020-07-29
No. 19-3340
Singhal, J., Levine, C.J., Gross, J., Gerber, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2020)

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Holding

Where the appellees failed to prove that the appellant's alleged negligence proximately caused damages, the trial court's judgment against the appellant must be reversed.


Headnotes

[1] A judgment for a plaintiff in a negligence action must be reversed where the plaintiff fails to prove that the defendant's alleged negligence proximately caused the plain…

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Facts & Procedural History

The Keyes Company appealed a final judgment entered against it in a negligence action brought by Gary and Hope Lesnik. The appellees subsequently conf…

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Opinion of the Court

Matthew J. Conigliaro of Carlton Fields, P.A., Tampa, for Amicus Curiae the Florida Association of Realtors, Inc. d/b/a Florida Realtors.

ON APPELLEES’ CONFESSION OF ERROR

PER CURIAM.

The appellees appropriately have acknowledged the trial court’s error in entering a final judgment against the appellant where the appellees did not prove the appellant’s alleged negligence proximately caused damages to them. Based on the foregoing, we reverse the final judgment, with directions to enter a final judgment for the appellant.

Reversed and remanded with directions.

LEVINE, C.J., and GROSS and GERBER, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.


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