Case Name: Aida MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. LETICA CORPORATION, a foreign corporation; and Vlasic Foods Incorporated, a foreign corporation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-05-04
Citations: 617 So. 2d 453
Docket Number: No. 92-1804
Parties: Aida MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. LETICA CORPORATION, a foreign corporation; and Vlasic Foods Incorporated, a foreign corporation, Appellees.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 617
Pages: 453–453

Head Matter:
Aida MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. LETICA CORPORATION, a foreign corporation; and Vlasic Foods Incorporated, a foreign corporation, Appellees.
No. 92-1804.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 4, 1993.
Beckham & Beckham and Pamela Beck-ham, North Miami Beach, for appellant.
Richard A. Sherman and Rosemary B. Wilder, Gallagher & Perkins and James J. Gallagher, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Letica Corp.
Adorno & Zeder, Raoul G. Cantero, III and David Lawrence, III, Coconut Grove, for appellee Vlasic Foods, Inc.
Before BARKDULL, GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The plaintiff, Aida Martinez, appeals from an order denying her motion to continue hearing on motion for summary judgment, from a final summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants, Letica Corporation and Vlasic Foods, Inc., and from an order denying rehearing. We affirm.
We are not unmindful that a summary judgment should be exercised with special caution in negligence actions. U-Haul Co. of East Bay v. Meyer, 586 So.2d 1327 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991); Carbajo v. City of Hialeah, 514 So.2d 425 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987); Vukovich v. Leo, 447 So.2d 1012 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984). However, a summary judgment is properly granted even in negligence cases where there is no genuine issue of material fact. Holl v. Talcott, 191 So.2d 40 (Fla.1966); McCabe v. Walt Disney World Co., 350 So.2d 814 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977); Grall v. Risden, 167 So.2d 610 (Fla. 2d DCA 1964), cert. denied, 174 So.2d 736 (Fla.1965); Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.510(c).
In the instant case, the defendants unequivocally demonstrated the absence of negligence on their part. There being no genuine issue as to any material fact, the question of negligence was properly resolved by the trial court, as a matter of law. The trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. Moreover, we find that the plaintiff's remaining contentions lack merit.
Affirmed.