Case Name: Myrna CUADRA, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Francisco Javier Cuadra, Appellant, v. SOUTH FLORIDA APARTMENTS I, LTD., and Professional Management, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-05-21
Citations: 696 So. 2d 1211
Docket Number: No. 96-1027
Parties: Myrna CUADRA, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Francisco Javier Cuadra, Appellant, v. SOUTH FLORIDA APARTMENTS I, LTD., and Professional Management, Appellees.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 696
Pages: 1211–1212

Head Matter:
Myrna CUADRA, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Francisco Javier Cuadra, Appellant, v. SOUTH FLORIDA APARTMENTS I, LTD., and Professional Management, Appellees.
No. 96-1027.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 21, 1997.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 6, 1997.
Angones, Hunter, McClure, Lynch & Williams and Christopher J. Lynch, Miami, for appellant.
Gregg R. Schwartz and Brad E. Kelsky, Miami, for appellees.
Before JORGENSON, GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In the underlying suit, the plaintiff, the personal representative of a tenant who was murdered, brought an action for negligence against the landlords. The trial court found that the criminal occurrence was unforeseeable and granted final summary judgment in favor of the landlords. A careful review of the record reveals that the evidence presented below, when viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, the non-moving party, creates a question of fact for the jury on the issue of foreseeability. Hall v. Billy Jack's, Inc., 458 So.2d 760, 762 (Fla. 1984)("The question of foreseeability is for the trier of fact."); Hill v. City of N. Miami Beach, 613 So.2d 1356 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993). The trial court erred by granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment. Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510.
Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.