Case Name: Felo McALLISTER, III, Appellant, v. Joseph P. ROBBINS and Faye Robbins, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-05-04
Citations: 542 So. 2d 470
Docket Number: No. 87-1103
Parties: Felo McALLISTER, III, Appellant, v. Joseph P. ROBBINS and Faye Robbins, Appellees.
Judges: WENTWORTH, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 542
Pages: 470–473

Head Matter:
Felo McALLISTER, III, Appellant, v. Joseph P. ROBBINS and Faye Robbins, Appellees.
No. 87-1103.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 4, 1989.
Spiro T. Kypreos of Levin, Warfield, Mid-dlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, Pensacola, for appellant.
C. Miner Harrell and W. Joel Boles of Harrell, Wiltshire, Stone & Swearingen, Pensacola, for appellees.

Opinion:
BOOTH, Judge.
This cause is before us on appeal from the summary final judgment entered against the plaintiff in a trip and fall case. The sole issue presented is whether material issues of fact existed which precluded entry of summary judgment.
The facts are that plaintiff, Felo McAllis-ter, III, age 50, was injured when he caught his heel on one of a number of concrete blocks marking the property line of the Wisteria Bar. Photographs of record show that the Wisteria Bar is a small frame structure, which had at one time apparently been a private residence in a rural-suburban setting, with an unpaved parking area. A row of white concrete blocks separate the Wisteria Bar property from the adjoining property, which is a private residence.
The accident occurred at about 7:00 p.m. in February, as plaintiff was coming from the Wisteria Bar and taking a shortcut across the line of blocks to get to his girlfriends' car, parked on the street in front of an adjoining residence. Plaintiff's own car was parked at the Wisteria Bar, and he planned to leave it, as he usually did on Friday nights. On deposition, plaintiff testified that he knew the line of blocks existed before the accident, and, in fact, he usually parked his car in the corner by the blocks. Plaintiff testified that on the evening of the accident, he saw the blocks and "was trying to step over the blocks" when his heel caught. The defendant, Joseph Robbins, testified by deposition that he owned the bar and that the concrete blocks had existed in basically the same condition for more than 17 years.
We have reviewed the record before us and conclude that the trial court did not err in entering summary judgment in this case. There was no evidence that the blocks created an unsafe condition or that anyone else had experienced any difficulty with them over the 17 years they had been in place. According to the Restatement (Second) of Torts § 343A (1965), "[a] possessor of land is not liable to his invitees for physical harm caused by them by any activity or condition on the land whose danger is known or obvious to them, unless the possessor should anticipate the harm despite such knowledge or obviousness." (emphasis added). Likewise, a person is not required to take measures to avoid a danger which the circumstances as known to him do not suggest as likely to happen. Cassel v. Price, 396 So.2d 258, 264 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981), citing Sprick v. North Shore Hospital, 121 So.2d 682 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960); Emmons v. Baptist Hospital, 478 So.2d 440, 443 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985), review denied, 488 So.2d 67 (Fla.1986). Previous decisions have held that protruding, uneven bricks bordering a tree did not constitute a dangerous condition requiring remedial measures, even though the area containing the tree was one in which young children played. KG. v. Winter Springs Community Evangelical Congregational Church, 509 So.2d 384 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987). Further, plaintiff saw and knew about the blocks at the time of the accident, and there was no question of duty to warn, since plaintiff's knowledge was equal with that of the defendants. City of Milton v. Broxson, 514 So.2d 1116 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987); Storr v. Proctor, 490 So.2d 135 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986), review denied, 500 So.2d 546 (Fla.1986); Emmons v. Baptist Hospital, supra.
Accordingly, the judgment below is AFFIRMED.
WENTWORTH, J., concurs.
ERVIN, J., dissents with written opinion.
. Plaintiffs post-judgment affidavit contradicting his deposition testimony that he saw the blocks and was trying to step over them when he tripped, was not accepted by the court. Plaintiff's explanation for the discrepancy ("I was confused") was insufficient, as no reason how or why was given. Croft v. York, 244 So.2d 161 (Fla. 1st DCA 1971); McKean v. Kloeppel Hotels, Inc., 171 So.2d 552 (Fla. 1st DCA 1965); Andrews v. Midland National Insurance Company, 208 So.2d 136 (Fla. 3d DCA 1968).