Case Name: Isabelle BLAUSTEIN, Appellant, v. COMMODORE CRUISE LINE, LTD., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-12-07
Citations: 627 So. 2d 131
Docket Number: No. 92-2070
Parties: Isabelle BLAUSTEIN, Appellant, v. COMMODORE CRUISE LINE, LTD., Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 627
Pages: 131–131

Head Matter:
Isabelle BLAUSTEIN, Appellant, v. COMMODORE CRUISE LINE, LTD., Appellee.
No. 92-2070.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 7, 1993.
Sheldon J. Schlesinger, Fort Lauderdale, Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, and Joel S. Perwin, Miami, for appellant.
Rodriguez, Horr, Aronson & Blanek and David J. Horr, Miami, for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the final judgment entered upon a directed verdict in defendant's favor in a negligence action. "A directed verdict is proper only when the record conclusively shows an absence of facts or inferences from facts to support a jury verdict, viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the nonmoving party." Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. McKenzie, 502 So.2d 940, 941 (Fla. 3d DCA), review denied, 511 So.2d 299 (Fla.1987); Packer v. Winston Towers One Hundred Ass'n, Inc., 377 So.2d 46 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979). The record in this case does not establish a complete absence of facts or inferences from which the jury could find that the defendant had constructive notice of the conditions causing plaintiffs injury. See Keefe v. Bahama Cruise Line, Inc. 867 F.2d 1318 (11th Cir.1989). The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded for trial.
Reversed and remanded.