Case Name: Regina JOSKOWITZ, joined by her husband, Sam Joskowitz, Appellants, v. Ruth HOLTMAN, a single woman, d/b/a Excello Villa Apts., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1961-11-09
Citations: 134 So. 2d 265
Docket Number: No. 61-136
Parties: Regina JOSKOWITZ, joined by her husband, Sam Joskowitz, Appellants, v. Ruth HOLTMAN, a single woman, d/b/a Excello Villa Apts., Appellee.
Judges: Before PEARSON, TILLMAN, C. J., and CARROLL and BARKDULL, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 134
Pages: 265–265

Head Matter:
Regina JOSKOWITZ, joined by her husband, Sam Joskowitz, Appellants, v. Ruth HOLTMAN, a single woman, d/b/a Excello Villa Apts., Appellee.
No. 61-136.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
Nov. 9, 1961.
Gertler & Frank, Miami Beach, for appellants.
Lane, Primm, Lane & Carrier, Miami, for appellee.
Before PEARSON, TILLMAN, C. J., and CARROLL and BARKDULL, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a summary final judgment for the defendant in an action brought by a tenant against her landlord for an injury sustained when the tenant tripped and fell. It appeared without issue that the plaintiff-wife proceeded in her stocking feet into a dark hallway in order to turn on the hallway light for a neighbor, and that she tripped over a carpet runner which overlapped another. The defect had existed during all of the one and one-half years that plaintiff had lived in the apartment building. Upon these undisputed facts the trial judge found that the plaintiff-wife was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. E. g., Brant v. Van Zandt, Fla.1955, 77 So.2d 858; Norman v. Shulman, 150 Fla. 142, 7 So.2d 98.
Affirmed.