Case Name: William L. FELTON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Clint James Felton, deceased, Appellant, v. WEST GABLES HOMES, INC., Popular Construction Corporation and Iber-Trade, Inc., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-03-11
Citations: 484 So. 2d 639
Docket Number: No. 85-1332
Parties: William L. FELTON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Clint James Felton, deceased, Appellant, v. WEST GABLES HOMES, INC., Popular Construction Corporation and Iber-Trade, Inc., Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 484
Pages: 639–639

Head Matter:
William L. FELTON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Clint James Felton, deceased, Appellant, v. WEST GABLES HOMES, INC., Popular Construction Corporation and Iber-Trade, Inc., Appellees.
No. 85-1332.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 11, 1986.
Frates & McCall and William Frates, II and Brian P. Phillips, Palm Beach, for appellant.
Frates, Bienstock & Sheehe and Phillip Sheehe, Ponzoli & Wassenberg and Steven Sundook, Miami, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The record demonstrates the existence of genuine issues, among others, as to whether the decedent was an implied invitee on defendant's premises who was owed a duty of reasonable care under the doctrine contained in Restatement (Second) of Torts § 367 (1965), see Holland Builders, Inc. v. Leck, 395 So.2d 579 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981), pet. for rev. dismissed, 402 So.2d 610 (Fla.1981); Rogers v. Bray, 16 Wash.App. 494, 557 P.2d 28 (1976); whether he was instead a licensee, and whether, if so, the defect which caused the accident was not open to ordinary observation and thus constituted a breach of the duty owed to persons in that status. Collom v. Holton, 449 So.2d 1003 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984); Florida East Coast R. Co. v. Shulman, 481 So.2d 965 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986). Accordingly, the summary judgment entered for the defendants below is reversed and the cause remanded for trial.
Reversed.