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AARON J. MOSS, Appellant, v. PERSAUD USA PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC, Appellee.
Affirmed. See Relyea v. State, 385 So. 2d 1378, 1382–83 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980) (“[A] landowner is not an insurer of the safety of his invitees and is not required to take precautions against a sudden attack from a third person which he has no reason to anticipate.”), disapproved of on other grounds by Avallone v. Bd. of Cnty. Comm'rs of Citrus Cnty., 493 So. 2d 1002 (Fla. 1986); Varone v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., 51 Fla. L. Weekly D490a (Fla. 4th DCA Mar. 18, 2026) (“We hold that Relyea remains good law ․ Foreseeability, as it bears on duty, arises from a landowner's knowledge of prior similar conduct, not from the unforeseeable, isolated act of a particular assailant.”); Las Olas Holding Co. v. Demella, 228 So. 3d 97, 103 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017) (“[A] property owner ‘is ordinarily under no duty to exercise any care to warn or guard against the harmful acts of a third party unless that third party's harmful behavior is reasonably foreseeable.’ ” (quoting Leitch v. City of Delray Beach, 41 So. 3d 411, 412 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010))); Bryan v. Galley Maid Marine Prods., Inc., 287 So. 3d 1281, 1286 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020).
Per Curiam.
Levine, Forst and Shepherd, JJ., concur.
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Docket No: No. 4D2025-0115
Decided: April 01, 2026
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
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