Case Name: Nildo BATISTA and Caridad Batista, Appellants, v. CITY OF MIAMI, Florida Power & Light Company and the Lite Construction Company, Inc., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-03-28
Citations: 780 So. 2d 335
Docket Number: No. 3D99-3183
Parties: Nildo BATISTA and Caridad Batista, Appellants, v. CITY OF MIAMI, Florida Power & Light Company and the Lite Construction Company, Inc., Appellees.
Judges: Before LEVY, GREEN, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 780
Pages: 335–336

Head Matter:
Nildo BATISTA and Caridad Batista, Appellants, v. CITY OF MIAMI, Florida Power & Light Company and the Lite Construction Company, Inc., Appellees.
No. 3D99-3183.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 28, 2001.
Parenti, Falk, Waas, Hernandez & Cor-tina, P.A. and Gail Leverett Parenti, for appellant.
Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorney, and Julie O. Bru, and Myrna D. Bricker, Assistant City Attorneys; Robert Boan; Hicks, Anderson & Kneale, P.A., and Mark Hicks, and Dinah Stein; Kubicki, Draper and Elizabeth M. Rodriguez, for appellees.
Before LEVY, GREEN, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. Martinez v. Florida Power & Light Co., 26 Fla. L. Weekly D297, — So.2d -, 2001 WL 55387 (Fla. 3d DCA Jan.24, 2001). See also Wright v. Metro. Dade County, 547 So.2d 304 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989) (comity not liable for injuries sustained in collision where traffic light malfunctioned); Pope v. Cruise Boat Company, Inc., 380 So.2d 1151 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980) (quoting Matthews v. Williford, 318 So.2d 480 (Fla. 2d DCA 1975) ("The law is well settled in this state that a remote condition or conduct which furnishes only the occasion for someone else's supervening negligence is not a proximate cause of the result of the subsequent negligence.")); and see H.R. Moch Co. v. Rensselaer Water Co., 247 N.Y. 160, 159 N.E. 896 (1928) (cited in Arenado v. Florida Power & Light Co., 523 So.2d 628 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988) (action against city for failure to supply adequate water pressure to prevent spread of fire, not maintainable as one for breach of statutory duty.)).