Case Name: Doris K. COBURN and her husband, H. Jules Coburn, Appellants, v. DELMONICO HOTEL CORP., a Florida corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1967-10-03
Citations: 203 So. 2d 30
Docket Number: No. 66-1056
Parties: Doris K. COBURN and her husband, H. Jules Coburn, Appellants, v. DELMONICO HOTEL CORP., a Florida corporation, Appellee.
Judges: Before CHARLES CARROLL, C. J., and BARKDULL and SWANN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 203
Pages: 30–31

Head Matter:
Doris K. COBURN and her husband, H. Jules Coburn, Appellants, v. DELMONICO HOTEL CORP., a Florida corporation, Appellee.
No. 66-1056.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
Oct. 3, 1967.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 31, 1967.
Podhurst & Orseck, Miami, for appellants.
West & Goldman, Frates, Fay, Floyd & Pearson and Larry Stewart, Miami, for appellee.
Before CHARLES CARROLL, C. J., and BARKDULL and SWANN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal by the plaintiffs below from an adverse summary judgment. The action was by the appellant Doris K. Co-burn for damages for personal injuries suffered by her in a fall on the premises of a hotel owned and operated by the appellee. She was joined in the action by her husband who sought derivative damages.
The plaintiff Doris Coburn alleged that while a guest of the hotel she fell on a shuffleboard court on the pool deck while proceeding to a nearby telephone after being paged. It was alleged that the shuffleboard court was raised 3% inches above the pool deck level and was substantially the same brownish color as the pool deck. Plaintiffs charged defendant with negligence by maintaining the premises in an unsafe condition and alleged the condition was such as to constitute a trap.
The defendant denied negligence and pleaded contributory negligence. Following discovery depositions the trial court granted the defendant s motion for summary judgment. We find error, and reverse on the authority of Miceli v. Lifter, Fla.App. 1964, 161 So.2d 253. The pleadings and the evidence which was before the court presented triable issues of negligence and contributory negligence which could not properly be resolved on motion for summary judgment.
Reversed.