Case Name: Brian SCHUMACHER, as personal representative of the Estate of John Schumacher, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, d/b/a Tampa Airport Hilton Hotel, Tampa Airport Hilton Hotel, City of Tampa, a municipality of the State of Florida, Lawrence G. Tuttle and Tampa Sports Authority, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-12-20
Citations: 591 So. 2d 1011
Docket Number: No. 90-02511
Parties: Brian SCHUMACHER, as personal representative of the Estate of John Schumacher, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, d/b/a Tampa Airport Hilton Hotel, Tampa Airport Hilton Hotel, City of Tampa, a municipality of the State of Florida, Lawrence G. Tuttle and Tampa Sports Authority, Appellees.
Judges: SCHOONOVER, C.J., and SCHEB and ALTENBERND, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 591
Pages: 1011–1011

Head Matter:
Brian SCHUMACHER, as personal representative of the Estate of John Schumacher, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, d/b/a Tampa Airport Hilton Hotel, Tampa Airport Hilton Hotel, City of Tampa, a municipality of the State of Florida, Lawrence G. Tuttle and Tampa Sports Authority, Appellees.
No. 90-02511.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Dec. 20, 1991.
Nancy Little Hoffmann, Nancy Little Hoffmann, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Lee D. Gunn, IV, Gunn, Odgen & Sullivan, P.A., Tampa, for appellee Metropolitan Ins. Co.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant seeks review of the final judgment in favor of appellee Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., which dismissed appellant's complaint for failure to state a cause of action. The complaint sought damages based on a liquor vendor's knowingly serving liquor to a person habitually addicted to alcohol. The trial court granted appellee's motion to dismiss based on this court's opinion in Ellis v. N.G.N. of Tampa, Inc., 561 So.2d 1209 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990). We reverse.
At the request of the parties, this court stayed this appeal pending a decision by the supreme court. The parties agree that Ellis v. N.G.N. of Tampa, Inc., 586 So.2d 1042 (Fla.1991), requires reversal. We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with Ellis and Peoples Restaurant v. Sabo, 591 So.2d 907 (Fla.1991).
Reversed and remanded.
SCHOONOVER, C.J., and SCHEB and ALTENBERND, JJ., concur.