Case Name: Clyde R. POOLE and Cynthia L. Poole, Appellants, v. C.F. INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-08-28
Citations: 605 So. 2d 492
Docket Number: No. 91-00715
Parties: Clyde R. POOLE and Cynthia L. Poole, Appellants, v. C.F. INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellee.
Judges: SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and BLUE, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 605
Pages: 492–492

Head Matter:
Clyde R. POOLE and Cynthia L. Poole, Appellants, v. C.F. INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellee.
No. 91-00715.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Aug. 28, 1992.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 6, 1992.
David Solomon of A Law Office of David Solomon, Clearwater, for appellants.
John N. Jenkins of Shofi, Smith, Hennen, Jenkins, Stanley & Gramovot, Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
ROBERTS, SUSAN W., Associate Judge.
In this negligence action the plaintiff, Clyde Poole, sued the defendant, C.F. Industries, to recover for injuries Poole sustained when his employer was engaged to paint some pipes in a C.F. Industries' phosphate plant. Some of the pipes carried sulfuric or phosphoric acid; others carried water. Poole observed some corroded pipes before he began painting. Then, during the course of his work on a scaffold some thirteen to fifteen feet in the air, he felt something warm and wet on his back. Fearing that it might be acid, he jumped and suffered injuries.
The trial court was persuaded to accept the defendant's contention that there was no negligence and granted a directed verdict in its behalf.
We have examined the record in its entirety and have concluded that there was some evidence of negligence on the part of the defendant. Accordingly, granting of the directed verdict was error, see Bodden Coin-Op Laundry, Inc. v. Brandychase Condominium Ass'n, Inc., 557 So.2d 663 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990), and we reverse.
Reversed and remanded for new trial.
SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and BLUE, J., concur.