Case Name: Thalia RESNICK and Martin Resnick, Appellants, v. ALEXANDER MUSS AND SONS, INC. d/b/a Sea Coast Towers East and Cherokee Ins. Co., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-05-18
Citations: 414 So. 2d 33
Docket Number: No. 81-1981
Parties: Thalia RESNICK and Martin Resnick, Appellants, v. ALEXANDER MUSS AND SONS, INC. d/b/a Sea Coast Towers East and Cherokee Ins. Co., Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 414
Pages: 33–33

Head Matter:
Thalia RESNICK and Martin Resnick, Appellants, v. ALEXANDER MUSS AND SONS, INC. d/b/a Sea Coast Towers East and Cherokee Ins. Co., Appellees.
No. 81-1981.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 18, 1982.
Maguire & Friend and Michael R. Friend, Coral Gables, for appellants.
Leland E. Stansell, Jr., Miami and Harriet Lewis, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
NESBITT, Judge.
The directed verdict entered in favor of the defendants at the close of the plaintiffs' case is reversed. Whether the landlord maintained the common areas in a reasonably safe condition is a question for the jury's resolution. Firth v. Marhoefer, 406 So.2d 521 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981); Bennett v. Mattison, 382 So.2d 873 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980).
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.