Case Name: Evelyn BOZARTH and Ralph Bozarth, her husband, Appellants, v. Ronald BARRETO, and Travelers Insurance Company, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-05-05
Citations: 399 So. 2d 370
Docket Number: No. 80-89
Parties: Evelyn BOZARTH and Ralph Bozarth, her husband, Appellants, v. Ronald BARRETO, and Travelers Insurance Company, Appellees.
Judges: Before HUBBART, C. J., and BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 399
Pages: 370–371

Head Matter:
Evelyn BOZARTH and Ralph Bozarth, her husband, Appellants, v. Ronald BARRETO, and Travelers Insurance Company, Appellees.
No. 80-89.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 5, 1981.
As Corrected July 1, 1981.
Greene & Cooper and Sharon L. Wolfe, Post & Gordon, Miami, for appellants.
David L. Willing, Miami, for appellees.
Before HUBBART, C. J., and BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The final judgment entered in favor of the defendants Ronald Barreto and his insurer Travelers Insurance Company [upon a jury verdict rendered in their favor below in an action brought under Section 767.01, Florida Statutes (1979)] is affirmed upon a holding that the trial court correctly denied the plaintiffs Evelyn Bozarth and Ralph Bozarth's motion for a directed verdict at trial on the issue of liability. The cause was properly one for jury determination on liability as there was, in our view, sufficient evidence in the record for the jury to conclude, as it did, that the plaintiff Evelyn Bozarth's injuries were not proximately caused by any aggressive or affirmative act directed against said plaintiff by the defendant's dog, which of necessity, would also defeat the plaintiff Ralph Bozarth's derivative claim. Tiny's Liquors, Inc. v. Davis, 353 So.2d 168 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978); Smith v. Allison, 332 So.2d 631 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).
Affirmed.