Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal has refused to overturn a unique discovery order in a premises liability action. In Nucci v. Target Corp., a woman allegedly slipped and fell on a foreign substance while shopping at a Florida department store in 2010. Following the incident, she filed a premises…
The Southern District of Florida has dismissed a slip-and-fall case against a cruise ship operator. In Torres v. Carnival Corp., a passenger on a cruise ship filed a negligence and failure to warn lawsuit against the company that owns the vessel on which she traveled, seeking damages for the injuries…
A federal district court in Florida has ordered that a man’s premises liability lawsuit be tried before a Nassau County court. In Mortensen v. Omni Hotels Management Corp., a man was allegedly injured when he slipped and fell while visiting a restaurant located inside of an Omni Hotel franchise. Prior…
A federal court in Florida has refused to allow a department store to claim surveillance video footage of an individual’s slip and fall while on company property was protected from disclosure by the work product privilege. In Sowell v. Target Corp., a woman was purportedly hurt when she fell inside…
In a recent case, a man appealed a grant of summary judgment as to one of the causes of action in his slip and fall case. The case arose at a country club where the man was an invitee. There was a slippery substance on the dance floor and the…
In a recent case, a couple appealed a final summary judgment in a travel center’s favor. They had also wanted to amend the complaint to include punitive damages, but were denied. The case arose when a man slipped on diesel fuel that had spilled at a service station. He sued…