Case Name: Bella PHILLIPS and Thom Phillips, her husband, Appellants, v. HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Publix Super Markets, Inc., a Florida Corporation, George Hunt, Inc., a Florida Corporation, and Gulf American Fire and Casualty Company, a Foreign Corporation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-07-25
Citations: 373 So. 2d 415
Docket Number: No. 78-2691
Parties: Bella PHILLIPS and Thom Phillips, her husband, Appellants, v. HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Publix Super Markets, Inc., a Florida Corporation, George Hunt, Inc., a Florida Corporation, and Gulf American Fire and Casualty Company, a Foreign Corporation, Appellees.
Judges: CROSS, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 373
Pages: 415–417

Head Matter:
Bella PHILLIPS and Thom Phillips, her husband, Appellants, v. HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Publix Super Markets, Inc., a Florida Corporation, George Hunt, Inc., a Florida Corporation, and Gulf American Fire and Casualty Company, a Foreign Corporation, Appellees.
No. 78-2691.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 25, 1979.
Cynthia S. Prettyman of Montgomery, Lytal, Reiter, Denney & Searcy, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellants.
D. Culver Smith, III of Adams, Coogler, Watson & Smith, West Palm Beach, for appellees-George Hunt, Inc., and Gulf American.

Opinion:
DAUKSCH, Judge.
Appellants urge the trial court erred in granting a summary judgment against them in this personal injury action. It is alleged Bella Phillips was leaving a grocery store along with an employee of the store, a bag boy, and as she walked down a ramp leading from the store to the parking area her way was partially blocked by a truck parked on the ramp. The appellee, Hunt, was a building contractor working for the store in making alterations, improvements or repairs. Although Bella Phillips does not know exactly how it happened, she says she was walking down the ramp, felt something bump her and fell from the ramp injuring herself. She alleges a duty was owed her by Hunt and the duty was breached by failing to warn her of dangerous conditions extant in the ramp. She- also alleges Hunt was negligent in its maintenance of the ramp by allowing "hidden and latent dangers" to exist.
In her deposition Bella Phillips said the truck was parked in such a way as to cause her to have to go to the side of the ramp which was unprotected by guard rails. She said also the concrete or metal parts of the ramp which later were there, were not there on the day she fell. She said she felt a bump, went sailing through the air, landed on her head and was injured.
Because we have determined the allegations in the complaint and the deposition of the appellant are sufficient to raise an issue of fact as to whether Hunt was negligent and breached a duty owed Phillips and because Hunt failed to carry the heavy burden placed upon a movant for summary judgment in negating and overcoming all reasonable inferences in favor of the opposing party, we must reverse the summary judgment. Holl v. Talcott, 191 So.2d 40 (Fla.1966). The cases are legion to say summary judgments should be granted rarely. Especially on point here is Luckey v. City of Orlando, 264 So.2d 99 (Fla. 4th DCA 1972) where a lady was walking across a metal strip leading into a business establishment and tripped and fell injuring herself. We said the business invitee was entitled to be warned by the storekeeper of any defects and a jury should decide the issues of lack of warning, existence of defects, [comparative] negligence and others. See also Brynes v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., 272 So.2d 218 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973); Suhr v. Dade County, 198 So.2d 837 (Fla. 3d DCA 1967).
The summary judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
CROSS, J., concurs.
LETTS, J., dissents with opinion.