Case Name: Ruth SILVERS, Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Concord Village Condominium IX Association, Inc., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-05-17
Citations: 760 So. 2d 232
Docket Number: No. 4D99-2920
Parties: Ruth SILVERS, Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Concord Village Condominium IX Association, Inc., Appellees.
Judges: DELL and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 760
Pages: 232–232

Head Matter:
Ruth SILVERS, Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Concord Village Condominium IX Association, Inc., Appellees.
No. 4D99-2920.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 17, 2000.
J. Scott Dunn of Sabghir & Associates, P.A., Tamarac, for appellant.
Brent F. Bradley of Vernis & Bowling of Northwest Florida, P.A., Pensacola, for ap-pellee Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Opinion:
FARMER, J.
Appellant's complaint joining successive tortfeasors in a single action and alleging that she was unable to apportion her injuries between them stated a cause of action and was not defective for "improper join-der." See Lawrence v. Hethcox, 283 So.2d 41 (Fla.1973) (holding that separate trials for successive tortfeasors causing unappor-tionable damages would "enhance the difficulties of proof and tend to obstruct, rather than to promote, justice" and that it is an abuse of discretion not to permit join-der of successive tortfeasors where apportionment of damages is alleged to be impossible).
REVERSED.
DELL and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.