Supreme Court of Florida

In an action seeking brought against the owner of a Holiday Inn and a security services company arising from circumstances in which plaintiff was held up at gunpoint after she was directed by hotel security to park at a neighboring parking lot, summary judgment for defendants is reversed as evidence that the plaintiff was touched against her will by the pistol placed to her head and in "patting down" her body was sufficient to satisfy the Florida impact rule.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/18/2007
• Published 10/18/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barbara Green, Coral Gables, Florida and David P. Lister of Martin, Lister and Alvarez, Miami Lakes, FL, for Petitioners., Robert S. Glazier, Miami, FL, on behalf of Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Hinda Klein of Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans and Abel, P.A., Hollywood, FL, and Thomas J. Morgan, Sr., Coconut Grove, FL, for Respondents.