CHRISTIE v. ELDORADO ESTATES LLC (2021)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Ronald B. CHRISTIE, Appellant, v. ELDORADO ESTATES, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, and Cassandra Dawn Black, Individually, Appellees.

Case No. 5D20-2010

Decided: September 13, 2021

Robert M. Brush and Timothy O. Coyle, of Brush & Coyle, P.A., Lakeland, for Appellant. Derek J. Angell, Joseph D. Tessitore, and Nicholas J. Mari, of Bell & Roper, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee, Eldorado Estates, LLC. No Appearance for Other Appellee.

AFFIRMED. See Olave v. Howard, 547 So. 2d 349, 350 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989) (“It is well established that unless a landlord has actual knowledge of the vicious nature of a tenant's dog, or such knowledge can be imputed to the landlord ․, there is no liability to third persons for injuries caused by the tenant's dog.” (quoting Bessent v. Matthews, 543 So. 2d 438, 439 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989))); Mayo v. Publix Super Mkts., Inc., 686 So. 2d 801, 802 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997) (reiterating “that a party's internal rule does not itself fix the legal standard of care in a negligence action”).

PER CURIAM.

LAMBERT, C.J., COHEN and SASSO, JJ., concur.

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